Senior Finance Business Partner

Trades Workforce Solutions; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Greater London seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to provide leadership in finance operations. This role combines detailed financial analysis with high-level stakeholder engagement, supporting a team and overseeing budgets and forecasting. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership skills and experience in complex environments. The position is on a 12-month contract, requiring 2 days on-site work per week, and offers a competitive rate based on experience.

Qualifications

• Experienced finance business partner operating at a senior level.
• Comfortable working in complex, regulated or programme-led environments.
• Calm and confident working with senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Finance Business Partners.
• Oversee forecasting, budgeting and forward planning.
• Review financial performance and identify risks and opportunities.
• Act as the senior finance contact for projects and programmes.
• Ensure high-quality reporting to support decision making.

Skills

Strong leadership skills

Stakeholder engagement

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Forecasting

Job description

NXTGEN are excited to be supporting a leading organisation with a new Senior Finance Business Partner opportunity. This Senior Finance Business Partner role has been created following a restructure within the finance function, creating a need for a Senior Finance Business Partner to strengthen business partnering capability and support a key area of the organisation.

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will operate at the heart of a complex, programme‑led environment, acting as a trusted finance lead to senior stakeholders. The role combines hands‑on business partnering with responsibility for guiding and supporting a small team, ensuring high‑quality insight, forecasting and forward planning are delivered consistently.

This position will suit someone comfortable getting into the detail quickly, while also providing leadership, direction and challenge to ensure finance supports the business in line with its future direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and support a team of Finance Business Partners, ensuring outputs are accurate, consistent and fit for purpose.
• Oversee forecasting, budgeting and forward planning across a defined area of the business.
• Review financial performance, identifying risks, issues and opportunities, and escalating where appropriate.
• Act as the senior finance contact for Project and Programme Managers, providing insight and challenge.
• Ensure high‑quality reporting and analysis to support decision making.
• Support the development of finance processes and ways of working following restructure.

About You

• Experienced Finance Business Partner operating at senior level.
• Strong leadership skills, with experience managing or guiding others.
• Comfortable working in complex, regulated or programme‑led environments.
• Able to balance detailed financial understanding with effective stakeholder engagement.
• Qualified by experience is welcomed.
• Calm, credible and confident working with senior stakeholders.

This role is offered on a 12‑month contract, working 4 days per week with 2 days on site, and is Inside IR35.

Rate offered is dependant on experience.