Senior Finance Business Partner

ISS; England; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A global facility management company in the UK is seeking a finance expert to oversee the commercial finance team. The role involves developing relationships with clients, ensuring compliance with corporate policies, and optimizing financial performance. Ideal candidates will be commercially qualified accountants with prior client-facing experience. Strong strategic thinking, leadership skills, and numerical proficiency are crucial. The company offers a dynamic work environment focused on inclusivity and personal growth.

Qualifications

• Commercial/financial experience in a commercial services contract environment.
• Prior client-facing experience is essential.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the commercial finance team and ensure consistency in processes.
• Develop relationships with clients to enhance performance.
• Provide financial support and influence decision-making.
• Ensure accurate forecasting and management of budgets.
• Identify risks and maximize opportunities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Relationship building

Numerical proficiency

Communication skills

Education

Commercially qualified accountant (CA, CIMA, ACCA)

Job description

Job Description

You will act as a financial expert for complex contracts, providing a framework to measure and guide performance, ensuring compliance with ISS corporate policies and safeguarding the company’s reputation.

This position requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and the ability to build proactive relationships with client representatives and internal stakeholders to optimise contract outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the commercial finance team, ensuring robust controls and consistent processes across the business area.
• Develop and maintain professional, proactive relationships with client representatives and internal teams to drive performance.
• Provide financial support to senior managers and their teams, influencing commercial decision-making.
• Ensure timely and accurate forecasting, month-end reporting, and management of the budget planning process.
• Identify and mitigate key risks while maximising opportunities across the account portfolio.
• Manage, develop, and motivate the finance team, implementing actions to improve financial performance.
• Drive growth and maintain commercial control of project delivery processes, including supplier selection and scope change sign-off.
• Oversee billing, cash collection, and balance sheet management for the portfolio.
• Collaborate with Procurement and account teams to optimise supplier agreements and governance.

Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications

• Commercially qualified accountant (CA, CIMA, ACCA).
• Commercial/financial experience in a commercial services contract environment (experience of NEC3/4 desirable).
• Prior client-facing experience is essential.
• Professional, committed, conscientious, proactive, and innovative.
• Positive attitude to change and ability to adapt to shifting priorities.
• Strong communicator, confident engaging with clients, operations, suppliers, and team members.
• Highly numerate, accurate, and able to work on your own initiative.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workloads effectively.

The Company

ISS is a world-leading workplace and facility management company, connecting people and places to make the world work better. Working with customers day by day, side by side, we understand every aspect of the user experience.

Through a unique combination of intelligent solutions, high standards and people who care, we help our customers achieve their purpose, whether it’s hospitals healing patients, businesses producing the next great innovation, or airports bringing passengers home to their families. ISS is committed to doing business the right way, taking its corporate responsibility very seriously. Our passion is people.

We offer you a challenging and exciting career in an organisation with people at its heart. In ISS, everyone has the opportunity to develop, grow and make a difference.

ISS is proud to be a diverse and inclusive employer.

ISS welcomes all applicants regardless of age, disability, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race (which includes race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin and caste) religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation or educational background.

Our passion for inclusivity and diversity makes ISS a more creative, productive and happy place to work.