Senior Finance Business Partner

Morson Group; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 111,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Group seeks a Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner to support an asset-heavy, large-scale operation. You will partner with operational leadership to drive cost efficiencies, financial performance and strategic investment decisions across significant OPEX and CAPEX budgets.

You will own budgeting, forecasting and financial reporting, delivering insights to influence executive decisions and improve overall performance in a geographically dispersed, energy/infra-like environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Proven experience in a senior commercial finance or Finance Business Partnering role.
• Strong experience supporting operational or asset-intensive businesses.
• Demonstrable experience managing large OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to challenge senior stakeholders.
• Experience delivering cost efficiencies and productivity gains.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and investment appraisal skills.
• Confidently present financial information to senior management and executives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior operational leaders, acting as Finance Director for the area.
• Drive financial performance against budget, business plan and regulatory targets.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and reporting for OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Challenge budgets and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities.
• Identify and deliver sustainable cost reduction and efficiency opportunities.
• Provide detailed analysis of cost drivers, productivity and performance.
• Support investment decisions with business cases, modelling andNPV/IRR/payback.
• Hold stakeholders accountable for financial performance and delivery.
• Present insights and recommendations to leadership and approval boards.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial reporting

Investment appraisal

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner

Location - Coventry, 4 days in office, 1 remote per week
Pay rate - £600 to £650 per day (inside IR35)
Duration - 6 month assignment initially
Immediate start required

Morson are recruiting an experienced Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner to support a major organisation within its Operations Finance function.

This is a senior, commercially focused role, partnering directly with operational leadership to drive financial performance, improve efficiency and deliver sustainable cost savings across a large operational business.

You will take ownership of significant operational expenditure (OPEX) and capital expenditure (CAPEX), providing financial insight, constructive challenge and commercial support to influence business decisions and improve overall performance.

We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in operationally complex, asset-intensive environments, ideally involving large, geographically dispersed field workforces, maintenance operations or network-based businesses.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior operational leaders, acting as the Finance Director for the business area and providing financial leadership.
• Drive financial performance against budget, business plan and regulatory targets.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and financial performance reporting across significant OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Challenge operational budgets and forecasts, identifying risks, opportunities and areas for improvement.
• Identify and deliver sustainable cost reduction and efficiency opportunities.
• Provide detailed analysis of operational cost drivers, productivity and financial performance.
• Support investment decisions through business case development, financial modelling and investment appraisal, including NPV, IRR and payback analysis.
• Hold operational stakeholders accountable for financial performance and delivery against targets.
• Present financial insight and recommendations to senior leadership teams and approval boards.
• Identify opportunities to improve financial controls, operational efficiency and decision-making.

Experience Required

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Proven experience in a senior commercial finance or Finance Business Partnering position.
• Strong experience supporting operational or asset-intensive businesses.
• Demonstrable experience managing significant OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to challenge senior operational stakeholders.
• Experience delivering cost efficiencies, improved productivity and financial outperformance.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and investment appraisal skills.
• Confidence presenting financial information and recommendations to senior management and executive stakeholders.

Relevant Operational Experience

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience supporting businesses involving:

• Large, geographically dispersed field workforces.
• Asset-intensive networks and infrastructure.
• Reactive and planned maintenance operations.
• Workforce scheduling, productivity and utilisation challenges.
• Capital and operational expenditure trade-offs.
• Operational control centres and service delivery teams.
• Regulatory requirements or customer service performance pressures.

Experience within utilities, infrastructure, transport, telecoms, engineering, facilities management or similar operational environments would be particularly relevant.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone interview. If selected from the shortlist, a formal interview process will then begin.