Senior Finance Business Partner - Overheads

Commify Group

Nottingham

On-site

GBP 75,000 - 85,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary (£75-85k)

Company bonus

Healthcare cash plan

27 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Wellbeing leave days

Birthday off

Employer pension contribution 5%

Death in service (4x salary)

Annual award recognition

Social events

Training & development

Flexible hybrid working

Job summary

Commify Group is seeking an experienced FP&A professional to own the budgeting, forecasting and cost reporting for People, Technology, Platform and Marketing. You will partner with senior leaders, deliver insightful commentary and drive efficiency across the cost base.

A hands-on leader will mentor a Finance Analyst while shaping the company’s financial planning with robust governance. With strong Excel and Power BI skills, you’ll translate strategy into actionable forecasts, support investment

Qualifications

Significant FP&A experience with cost/overhead reporting and budgeting.
Line management or mentoring experience.
Strong Excel skills with large datasets.
Ability to derive insights and communicate to non-finance stakeholders.
Proven ability to build relationships across departments and senior leaders.
Natural questioning mindset and constructive challenge.
Hands-on, goal-driven with delegation capability.

Responsibilities

Lead finance business partnering for People, Technology, Platform and Marketing.
Provide financial insight, scenario analysis and challenge to stakeholders.
Translate plans into robust forecasts, highlighting risks and opportunities.
Represent Finance in leadership and planning meetings.
Own the annual budget and in-year forecast cycles.
Deliver monthly commentary on cost performance, trends and variances.
Develop Group KPIs and interactive Power BI dashboards.
Ensure robust cost-centre structures and governance.
Identify cost efficiency opportunities across the base.

Skills

Financial analysis

Stakeholder mgmt

Excel

Data interpretation

Relationship building

Questioning mindset

Education

CIMA/ACCA or equivalent

Tools

Power BI

Job description

At Commify, we're not just a company, we're a globally connected team of innovators who love what we do. As a CPaaS leader with 25 years of groundbreaking experience, we're the force behind over 7 billion customer interactions each year, enabling businesses worldwide to connect via advanced channels like SMS, RCS, and complex mobile journeys.

Our culture is our core strength. Operating across the UK, EMEA, the USA, and Australia, we've fostered a truly diverse and connected environment, earning a consistent 4 out of 5 culture score in our employee engagement surveys. You'll join a vibrant team where your diverse experience makes a daily global impact.

We need talented people to grow a global company where everyone feels proud to belong, have a purpose and do their best to directly shape the digital future.

Reporting directly to the Head of FP&A within our dynamic Group Finance team, you will become the strategic engine room for the business's cost base. Covering pivotal areas such as People, Technology, Platform, and Marketing, you will act as the primary financial partner for functional leaders. Your mission is to provide the sharp insight, constructive challenge and robust decision support necessary to drive cost discipline and champion efficient investment throughout the Group.

With full ownership of forecasting, budgeting and reporting across these critical cost centres, you will also lead and inspire a Finance Analyst. By overseeing their work on data gathering and modelling, you will ensure high-quality outputs while freeing up your expertise to focus on high-impact business partnering and influencing key stakeholder decisions. This is a role where you can truly shape the financial narrative and mentor the next generation of finance talent.

The Role:

Business Partnering

Lead Partnering: Act as the lead finance business partner to the People, Technology, Platform, and Marketing functions, building strong, trusted relationships with functional leads and their teams.
Strategic Insight: Provide financial insight, scenario analysis and constructive challenge to stakeholders to support cost decisions, investment cases and efficiency initiatives.
Forecast Delivery: Translate operational plans (e.g. headcount plans, technology roadmaps, platform investment, marketing campaigns) into robust financial forecasts, highlighting potential risks and opportunities.
Representation: Represent the Finance department in relevant leadership and planning meetings for these core cost areas.

Forecasting, Budgeting & Reporting

Cycle Ownership: Own the annual budget and in-year forecast cycles for People, Technology, Platform and Marketing costs.
Executive Commentary: Provide the Senior Management and Executive Management Teams with monthly analysis and commentary on cost performance, trends and variances.
Continuous Improvement: Drive improvements in cost reporting, including the further development of Group-wide KPIs and interactive reporting dashboards (incorporating Power BI).
Governance: Ensure cost centre structures, allocations and approval processes are robust, well-governed and consistently applied across the Group.
Efficiency Drives: Identify and quantify cost efficiency and productivity opportunities across the entire cost base.

The Person:

Essential Criteria:

Significant experience in a Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) role, with direct exposure to cost/overhead reporting and budgeting.
Proven experience line managing, mentoring or closely directing at least one other team member.
Strong Excel skills with demonstrable experience working with large and complex datasets.
Ability to derive clear meaning from data, spot trends and communicate findings confidently to non-finance stakeholders.
Demonstrable experience building strong, credible relationships across multiple departments, including with senior stakeholders.
A natural questioning mentality, with the ability to think on your feet and challenge constructively.
A driven, goal-oriented mindset balanced with a hands‑on, sleeves‑rolled-up approach and the ability to delegate effectively.

Desirable Criteria:

Professionally qualified accountant status (CIMA, ACCA or equivalent).
Prior exposure to a SaaS, technology or fast‑paced services business.
Hands‑on experience with Power BI reporting and dashboard development.
Prior experience partnering specifically with People/HR, Technology, Platform/Product or Marketing functions.