Senior Finance Business Partner

slihrms; Epsom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in the UK to provide strategic financial leadership across Water Market operations. You will partner with operational leaders and project directors to drive budgeting, forecasting, performance management, and joint venture governance.

The role covers commercial support, robust planning, project finance oversight and governance, with a focus on delivering value and maintaining strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or equivalent qualification.
• Significant post-qualification experience in Finance Business Partner, Commercial Finance, or Project Finance.
• Experience in complex project-based businesses within infrastructure, construction, engineering, utilities, or professional services.
• Strong understanding of project accounting, forecasting and revenue recognition.
• Experience partnering with senior operational stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial modelling capability.
• Advanced Excel capability.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders and leaders.
• Provide financial analysis and challenge to support decision-making.
• Deliver robust annual budgets, quarterly forecasts, and long-range plans.
• Manage financial oversight across a portfolio of projects and frameworks.
• Support project managers in financial management and reviews.
• Ensure financial risks are identified, quantified and mitigated.
• Assist with bid reviews, pricing submissions and commercial proposals.
• Support joint ventures, alliances and framework governance with robust controls.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Project accounting

JV governance

Excel

Data modelling

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

Overview

The Senior Finance Business Partner will provide strategic financial leadership and commercial support to the Water Market, partnering with operational leaders, project directors, and senior stakeholders. The postholder will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, project performance management, bid support, cash flow optimisation, and joint venture governance.

Your role

Business Partnering & Commercial Support

• Act as a trusted adviser to the Market Director, Client Directors, Framework Leads, and Operational Managers.
• Provide insightful financial analysis and challenge to support strategic and operational decision-making.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Participate in the delivery of robust annual budget, quarterly forecasting, and long-range planning processes.
• Analyse financial performance against budget, forecast, and prior periods.

Project & Programme Finance

• Provide financial oversight across a portfolio of projects and frameworks.
• Support project managers in financial management.
• Conduct project reviews and ensure financial risks are identified, quantified, and mitigated.
• Assist with bid reviews, pricing submissions, and commercial proposals.

Joint Venture & Framework Governance

• Support the financial management of joint ventures, alliances, and framework arrangements.
• Ensure compliance with contractual obligations, JV agreements, and governance requirements.
• Support partner reporting requirements and stakeholder enquiries.
• Implement and maintain robust financial controls within project and JV environments.

Financial Control & Reporting

• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end reporting activities.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, corporate policies, and internal controls.
• Support external and internal audit processes.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial processes, systems, and reporting capability.

About you

• A fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent professional qualification.
• Significant post-qualification experience in a Finance Business Partner, Commercial Finance, or Project Finance role.
• Experience supporting complex project-based businesses within infrastructure, construction, engineering, utilities, or professional services sectors.
• Strong understanding of project accounting, forecasting and revenue recognition,
• Experience partnering with senior operational stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience coordinating budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial modelling capability.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP would be beneficial.
• Experience of joint venture accounting and governance would be beneficial.

Key Competencies

• Commercially astute with strong business acumen.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving capability.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to challenge constructively and drive accountability.
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail.
• Collaborative and relationship-focused.
• Resilient and adaptable within a fast-paced environment.
• Self-motivated with a continuous improvement mindset.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

Rewards and benefits - Careers at AtkinsRéalis

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis , a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Find out more.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

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