Senior Finance Business Partner

Sewell Wallis Ltd; Bradford; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Sewell Wallis Ltd is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner for their largest UK division in Bradford. This pivotal role involves collaborating with leadership to drive performance through analysis and strategic growth. Candidates should possess strong stakeholder management skills and experience in financial modelling. Competitive salary, flexible hybrid working, and a range of benefits are on offer.

Benefits

Flexible hybrid working

Company pension scheme

Life insurance cover

Healthcare and dental plans

Retail and lifestyle benefits

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACCA or CIMA.
• Experience in a professional services or similar industry.
• Strong background in financial modelling and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Building relationships with senior stakeholders for decision-making.
• Conducting variance analysis to identify performance areas.
• Producing monthly reporting packs.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder Management

Data Analysis

Financial Modelling

Forecasting

Education

ACCA

CIMA

Tools

Microsoft 365

Power BI

Job description

Sewell Wallis are partnering with a global, multi-million-pound organisation to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner for their largest UK division. This role is based in Bradford city centre.

This is a high-impact role where you'll collaborate closely with the Head of FP&A and on-site leadership, playing a key part in driving performance and shaping strategic growth. Your focus will be on analysing the P&L, building robust forecasting models, and developing budgets that support profitability and expansion.

We're looking for someone with a strong background in the service industry, experienced in business partnering, and confident working across teams to deliver meaningful financial insights.

What will you be doing?

• Building strong, positive relationships with senior stakeholders and budget holders to support effective commercial decision-making
• Identifying commercial opportunities, delivering cost efficiencies, and managing financial risks
• Conducting detailed variance analysis to understand business performance and identify areas for improvement
• Producing comprehensive monthly reporting packs
• Presenting financial results and insights at departmental meetings - including P&L performance, KPIs, budgets, and forecasts
• Ensure divisional heads understand and 'own' their numbers by providing analysis that informs and aids their decision making.
• Carrying out competitor analysis and providing market intelligence

What skills are we looking for?

• Fully qualified ACCA or CIMA
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills
• Experience within a professional services or similar industry, working within the role of Finance Business Partner
• Strong background in data analysis, financial modelling, and forecasting
• Advanced technical proficiency in Microsoft 365 and Power BI

What's on offer?

• Competitive salary up to 75,000
• Flexible hybrid working and adaptable hours - 60/40 split
• Company pension scheme
• Life insurance cover
• Healthcare and dental plans
• Additional retail and lifestyle benefits

Interested? Submit your CV below or reach out to Inci Evcil for a confidential conversation.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.