Senior Finance Business Partner

Snc-Lavalin; Epsom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Training & professional development

Inclusive employment policies

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in the United Kingdom seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial leadership and commercial support for the Water Market, partnering with operational leaders, project directors and senior stakeholders.

You will drive budgeting, forecasting, project performance, bid support, cash flow optimisation and JV governance while ensuring IFRS compliance and robust financial controls.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent.
• Post-qualification experience in FP&A or project finance.
• Experience in infrastructure/engineering/utilities sectors.
• Strong project accounting, forecasting and revenue recognition; partnering with senior stakeholders.
• Experience coordinating budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Strong commercial acumen and financial modelling.
• Advanced Excel.
• Knowledge of Oracle ERP beneficial.
• Experience of JV accounting and governance beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic financial leadership to the Water Market and act as trusted adviser to senior leaders.
• Lead and challenge budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning to support decisions.
• Oversee financial management across a portfolio of projects and JV frameworks; support management reviews.
• Assist with bid reviews, pricing submissions and commercial proposals.
• Ensure compliance with IFRS, internal controls, and assist audits; drive process improvements.

Skills

Finance partnering

Project accounting

Forecasting & budgeting

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

IFRS knowledge

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Tools

Oracle ERP

Job description

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.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be.

So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees.

As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular At AtkinsRéalis

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.

Created by the integration of long-standing organizations dating back to 1911, AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering services and nuclear company dedicated to engineering a better future for our planet and its people. We create sustainable solutions that connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. We deploy global capabilities locally to our clients and deliver unique end-to-end services across the whole life cycle of an asset including consulting, advisory & environmental services, intelligent networks & cybersecurity, design & engineering, procurement, project & construction management, operations & maintenance, decommissioning and capital. The breadth and depth of our capabilities are delivered to clients in strategic sectors such as Engineering Services, Nuclear and Capital.

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