Senior Finance Business Partner

Manchester Arndale; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading facilities management company is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to drive commercial performance and strategic decision-making. This role involves leading a team, delivering financial insights, and ensuring compliance with financial policies. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with significant finance partnering experience and strong leadership skills. You will collaborate with stakeholders to influence strategic initiatives and enhance financial capabilities across the team.

Qualifications

• Significant post-qualification experience in finance.
• Experience in a senior finance business partnering role.
• Desirable experience in multi-site or service-based business.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sector MD to drive financial performance.
• Manage and mentor a team of Finance Business Partners.
• Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Ensure adherence to financial controls and policies.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Senior finance business partnering experience

Strong commercial acumen

Leadership skills

Advanced Excel

Education

Post-qualification experience

Tools

Financial modelling

Job description

Overview

The Senior Finance Business Partner will play a pivotal role in driving commercial performance and strategic decision-making across the Retail, Leisure & CPS sector within the Cleaning Business Unit. Acting as a trusted advisor to both the Commercial Finance Director and Sector MD, this role will lead a small team of Finance Business Partners to deliver insightful financial analysis, robust forecasting, and value-adding business support.

Responsibilities

• Strategic & Commercial Leadership: Partner with the Sector MD to influence strategic direction and drive financial performance. Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting processes for the sector. Provide commercial insight and challenge to operational and strategic initiatives.
• Team Leadership & Development: Manage and mentor a small team of Finance Business Partners, fostering a high-performance culture. Support career development and ensure continuous improvement in financial capabilities across the team.
• Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with operational and commercial stakeholders. Translate financial data into actionable insights to support decision-making. Drive cost efficiency, margin improvement, and revenue growth initiatives.
• Financial Analysis & Reporting: Deliver timely and accurate financial reporting and analysis. Monitor risks, KPIs and performance metrics, identifying opportunities. Support month-end and year-end processes in collaboration with the wider finance team.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure adherence to financial controls, policies, and procedures of OCS. Support audit processes and risk management activities.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience, ideally within Facilities Management industry.
• Proven experience in a senior finance business partnering role.
• Strong commercial acumen and strategic thinking.
• Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills.
• Advanced Excel and financial modelling capabilities.
• Experience in a multi-site or service-based business is desirable.

Personal Attributes

• Proactive, confident, and influential.
• Strong communicator with the ability to simplify complex financial information.
• Collaborative and team-oriented.
• Results-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.

About Us

OCS UK & Ireland is a leading facilities management company with 50,000+ colleagues and a turnover in excess of £2bn. We deliver innovative, award-winning services within facilities management, hard services, cleaning, security and catering. Our mission is to make people and places the best they can be for our colleagues, customers and the communities we serve. Our commitment to doing business the right way is rooted in our TRUE values - Trust, Respect, Unity, and Empowerment.