Senior Finance Business Partner

JCDecaux UK Ltd; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 90 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

JCDecaux UK Ltd is seeking a senior Finance Business Partner to translate strategy into robust budgets, forecasts and investment choices. You will partner with executives to deliver actionable insight, drive performance, and oversee cash, working capital and capital expenditure.

A strong command of P&L, balance sheet and ERP/BI tools is essential. You will shape and challenge financial plans, coach analysts, and collaborate across Finance and the wider business to improve profitability and

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, commercial or operational finance.
• Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, capex, accruals and management reporting.
• Experience leading budgets, forecasts and analytical projects to practical outcomes.
• Excellent analytical and financial-modelling capability, with strong Excel and ERP/BI tooling experience.
• Experience using AI tools to support effectiveness.

Responsabilités

• Lead planning and forecasting: develop budgets, latest estimates and multi-period plans with documented assumptions, risks and opportunities.
• Provide decision-ready insights by turning data into concise options with owners and actions.
• Drive performance with root-cause analysis, forward impact and corrective action.
• Own financial stewardship of P&L, balance sheet, cash, working capital and capex; challenge outcomes.
• Shape investment choices using whole-life cost, cash, ROI, risk and strategic value.
• Improve value and productivity through cost reduction, cash strengthening and process simplification.
• Strengthen data and controls via standardisation, automation and better technology.

Connaissances

Finance Business Partnering

FP&A

Commercial Finance

P&L understanding

Budgets & Forecasts

Analytical Skills

Financial Modelling

Excel Skills

ERP/BI tools

Formation

ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent

Outils

SAP

Power BI

Description du poste

This is a senior commercial finance role turning business priorities into clear plans, better decisions and measurable financial outcomes. As the lead Finance partner to an executive leader and their leadership team, you will act as a trusted adviser and constructive challenger. You will translate strategy and operational activity into robust plans, forecasts and investment choices, then ensure agreed actions deliver improvements in profitability, cash, capital efficiency, productivity and control. You will own the quality of Finance Business Partnering across your remit, coordinating specialist support from Accounting, Controlling and FP&A rather than performing routine transaction processing.

What you'll be doing... Lead planning and forecasting: deliver the annual budget, latest estimates and multi-period plans, using operational drivers and clearly documented assumptions, risks and opportunities. Provide decision-ready insight: turn financial and operational data into concise options and recommendations for senior leaders, with clear trade-offs, owners and actions. Drive performance: lead regular performance reviews focused on root cause, forward impact and corrective action—not simply reporting variances. Own financial stewardship: oversee the P&L, balance sheet, cash, working capital and capital expenditure for your remit; challenge accounting outcomes and ensure material issues are resolved. Shape investment choices: assess business cases using whole-life cost, cash, return, risk and strategic value; track approved benefits and recommend when to fix, rescope, pause, stop or scale activity. Improve value and productivity: identify practical opportunities to reduce cost, strengthen cash, simplify processes and improve resource allocation, then follow through to measurable delivery. Strengthen data and controls: improve reporting, models, data quality and controls through standardisation, automation and responsible use of technology. Lead through influence: build trusted relationships while maintaining Finance independence, coordinating effectively across Finance and the wider business. Develop capability: where applicable, manage and coach Finance Analysts, setting clear priorities and assuring the quality and usefulness of their work.

What success looks like Leaders receive timely, forward-looking insight and clear recommendations that improve decisions. Budgets and forecasts are driver-based, credible and owned by the business, with risks and actions visible. Financial results are accurate, explainable and connected across profit, cash, working capital and capital expenditure. Investments and improvement activity have clear outcomes, owners, measures and follow-through. Processes, models and controls become simpler, more consistent and more reusable over time.

Additional focus: The successful candidate will partner with Technical Operations Build clear cost-driver insight across labour, contractors, fleet, facilities, energy, maintenance, print production, stock and other material operational costs. Partner with operational leaders on capacity, suppliers, service levels and resource choices, identifying what should stop, be deferred, redesigned, automated or accelerated. Lead Finance support for capital planning, project forecasting and post-investment review, maintaining a dependable view of commitments, phasing and forecast-to-complete. Improve stock, fleet, print production, working-capital and cost-allocation decisions through robust data, transparent assumptions and practical recommendations. Provide reliable Technical Operations cost evidence for contract profitability, tenders, renewals and portfolio decisions.

A little bit about you... Required Substantial experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, commercial finance or operational finance, independently supporting a complex senior-leader remit. Strong understanding of P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, working capital, capital expenditure, accruals, provisions and management reporting. A record of leading budgets, forecasts, analytical projects and improvement activity through to practical action and measurable outcomes. Excellent analytical and financial-modelling capability, with strong Excel skills and experience of ERP, planning or business-intelligence tools. Experience of using AI tools to support effectiveness. The judgement and confidence to influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders, communicating complex issues simply. Strong prioritisation, project leadership and attention to detail, including timely escalation when delivery, assumptions or controls are at risk. Experience developing others, or clear readiness to coach, delegate and assure the quality of an analyst’s work.

Preferred A professional accounting qualification such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA, or strong equivalent relevant experience. Practical experience with SAP and Power BI. Experience leading cross-functional transformation, governance or benefits-realisation activity beyond a single Finance cycle. For the current Technical Operations requirement: experience in an asset-intensive, engineering, infrastructure, logistics, facilities, field-operations, media or similarly complex environment; familiarity with capital investment, stock, fleet, operational productivity or cost allocation would be valuable.

A little bit more about us... We believe in building a diverse and inclusive culture and positive employee experience. We are One Team, more than just ourselves. We are customer first, we understand, and help solve our customers' problems. We Test & Learn, we are empowered to learn and grow, unafraid of change. We choose to care, we are committed to doing the right thing, the right way. It's really important to us that we give as much to our colleagues as they give to us. Our latest Belonging Survey showed that our colleagues feel valued and listened to as we continue to build an environment where everyone can thrive, grow, belong and be their authentic selves. We believe that diversity of thought, experience and background provides the platform for great creativity, We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Many of our Colleagues work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

We're JCDecaux, the world’s largest Digital Out‑of‑Home media business. You'll have used or seen our products, services and communication channels, even if you didn’t realise it was us, because they're at the heart of communities on high streets and major roads and in transport hubs, shopping malls and supermarkets across the country in more than 80 countries worldwide. Our communication channels help businesses grow and thrive, and help non‑commercial organisations reach the widest possible audience for their important messages. Our talented team make all this happen, working in a wide variety of roles to connect brands and communities. We're really proud that 50p in every £1 of revenue is reinvested into the communities we serve, so we can provide innovative, environmentally‑responsible infrastructure and services designed to make cities better for everyone. This principle has been at the heart of our business from the beginning. If you join us, you will make a real difference.