Senior Commercial Finance Partner: Growth & Profitability

Schneider Electric Corp; Morley; On-site; GBP 58,000 - 86,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and life insurance

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work options

Retirement savings plan

Job summary

Schneider Electric is seeking a commercially focused Senior Specialist, Business Finance Commercial to partner with leaders across our UK & Ireland Systems business. You will turn financial data into insight, challenge thinking and help drive growth, profitability and operational performance.

The role blends finance, commercial insight and business partnering in a fast-paced environment, with responsibilities including forecasting, budgeting, pricing support, and tender input.

Qualifications

• Degree in Finance, Accounting or related
• Professional accounting qualification such as ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA or equivalent
• 3+ years' experience in finance business partnering or a commercially focused finance role
• Strong understanding of P&L management, budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling
• Good understanding of project finance and commercial performance
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Confidence partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders
• Ability to challenge constructively and turn complex financial information into clear recommendations
• Experience improving processes or supporting finance transformation
• A proactive, curious and commercially minded approach

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to improve growth, profitability and operational performance.
• Provide financial analysis and recommendations that support strategic decisions.
• Identify commercial risks and opportunities and help turn them into clear actions.
• Support pricing, margin optimisation and cost improvement initiatives.
• Provide financial input into tenders and major project reviews.
• Lead forecasting, budgeting and risk and opportunity analysis.
• Analyse business performance and explain the key drivers behind results.
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and risk management.
• Drive improvements across reporting, financial processes, ERP systems and analytics.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Finance business partnering

Commercial insight

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

P&L management

Forecasting & budgeting

Education

Degree in Finance/Accounting

Professional accounting qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CPA)

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Schneider Electric is seeking a commercially focused Senior Specialist, Business Finance Commercial to partner with leaders across our UK & Ireland Systems business. You will turn financial data into insight, challenge thinking and help drive growth, profitability and operational performance.

The role blends finance, commercial insight and business partnering in a fast-paced environment, with responsibilities including forecasting, budgeting, pricing support, and tender input.