Senior Finance Business Partner (Wealth Planning)

Close Brothers Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm in the UK is looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their FP&A function. You will act as a key partner to senior leadership, enhancing financial performance through insightful analysis and forecasting. Your responsibilities include leading a developing team, driving process improvements, and fostering stakeholder relationships within the Wealth Planning division. Excellent communication, financial modelling expertise, and a qualified accountant background are essential. A dynamic work environment awaits with opportunities for growth and impactful contributions.

Benefits

Private medical

Discounted health checks

Stakeholder pension contribution

Cycle to work scheme

Gym discounts

Purchase additional holiday

Qualifications

• Significant experience in commercial FP&A or Finance Business Partnering role, ideally within wealth management.
• Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis and commercial decision-support skills.
• Experience managing large and complex datasets.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead Finance Business Partner to the Wealth Planning business.
• Deliver accurate, timely and relevant MI, analysis and insight.
• Develop robust financial models for potential acquisitions.

Skills

Commercial FP&A or Finance Business Partnering

Financial modelling

Scenario analysis

Excellent Excel skills

Exceptional communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) with 3+ years PQE

Tools

Power BI

SAP Analytics Cloud

Workday Adaptive Planning

Job description

The Vacancy

We are seeking a highly skilled and influential Senior Finance Business Partner to join our FP&A function and act as the primary partner to the Head of Wealth Planning and the Wealth Planning Senior Leadership Team. This role is central to enabling high-quality commercial decision-making through accurate, timely and insightful financial analysis, forward-looking forecasting, and clear storytelling of business performance.

Overall Summary

You will play a pivotal role in shaping and challenging business strategy, ensuring alignment to TrinityBridge's goals, and proactively identifying opportunities to enhance financial performance. This is a significant opportunity to lead and uplift a developing team, embed stronger processes, improve use of technology and automation, and coach team members to enhance accuracy, pace and overall performance. You will also work closely with and support the Head of Finance.

We entrust our Business Partners to operate with integrity and courage, building strong relationships, constructively challenging senior leaders, and turning numbers into meaningful, actionable insight.

Responsibilities

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Influence

• Act as the lead Finance Business Partner to the Wealth Planning business, with particular focus on supporting the Head of Wealth Planning.
• Build strong, trusted and influential relationships across the Wealth Planning Senior Leadership Team and wider business.
• Confidently challenge assumptions, provide thoughtful insight and hold stakeholders to account in a constructive and solutions‑focused way.
• Represent the FP&A team and support the Head of Finance on cross‑functional initiatives.

Analysis, Insight & Reporting

• Deliver accurate, timely and relevant MI, analysis and insight to support performance tracking, forecasting and strategic decision‑making.
• Produce monthly and quarterly reporting packs with clear commentary, trend analysis and commercial implications across FUM, AUA flows, revenue and cost drivers.
• Lead the annual planning and rolling forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with TrinityBridge's strategic priorities.

Commercial Modelling, Scenario Analysis & M&A Support

• Develop robust financial models to evaluate potential acquisitions and support due diligence.
• Build and maintain scenario‑based commercial models to assess the financial impact of strategic and operational decisions – both in response to stakeholder needs and proactively, identifying new opportunities or areas of concern.
  • Examples include:
    • Profitability analysis of products, client segments or service lines
    • Scenario modelling to assess the potential disposal or restructuring of business units
    • Modelling revenue, cost or productivity initiatives
    • Stress‑testing business plans, forecasts and operational decisions
• Provide clear, insight‑driven recommendations highlighting financial implications, risks, opportunities and strategic options.
• Deliver post‑acquisition financial oversight, performance tracking and integration analysis.

Process Improvement & Technology Enablement

• Drive continuous improvement of BAU FP&A processes, ensuring reporting becomes more automated, efficient and controlled.
• Promote the effective use of technology and analytical tools within the team, identifying opportunities to streamline data handling and improve output quality.
• Champion best practice across FP&A processes and systems.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach and develop two team members, embedding a high‑performing culture focused on accuracy, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Provide hands‑on guidance to uplift team capability, improve analytical quality and ensure consistent delivery standards.

Ad‑Hoc Projects

• Respond to ad‑hoc queries and provide support to business heads, senior management, the CFO and the wider FP&A team.

Developing Our People

As a line manager, you will be responsible for increasing productivity and developing performance through coaching, mentoring and developing your team members. You will encourage your team to take responsibility for their own personal development and provide support through regular feedback.

Regulatory responsibilities / Compliance/T&C

• Ability to demonstrate an understanding of the regulatory framework relevant to the role, whilst practising effective risk management taking account of outcomes for clients.
• Understand, follow and demonstrate compliance with all relevant internal and external rules, regulations and procedures that apply to the conduct of the business. Follow principles and rules of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the internal requirements set out in the Compliance Manual, local and Group Compliance and Risk policies.

We Would Love to Hear from You if:

Experience

• Essential: Significant experience in a commercial FP&A or Finance Business Partnering role, ideally within wealth management, asset management or broader financial services, partnering directly with senior leadership.

Technical & Analytical Expertise

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA or ACCA) with 3+ years PQE.
• Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis and commercial decision‑support skills.
• Excellent Excel and PowerPoint skills with experience managing large and complex datasets.
• Desirable: Experience with analytical tools such as Power BI, SAP Analytics Cloud, Workday Adaptive Planning or similar.

Interpersonal Skills & Leadership

• Exceptional communication, influence and relationship‑management skills, with the confidence to challenge, negotiate and partner with demanding senior stakeholders.
• Ability to simplify complex issues and present insight in a clear, commercially compelling way.
• Proven experience coaching and developing a small team.

Ways of Working

• Independent thinker with strong judgement and the confidence to lead conversations with senior stakeholders.
• Proactive, solutions‑focused mindset with the resilience to operate in a dynamic, fast‑growing environment.
• Highly organised, able to deliver multiple priorities to a consistently high standard

The Company

At TrinityBridge we are all connected by our mission to be the best place in the UK for wealth professionals and their clients. We believe that everyone should think ahead, have a financial plan and invest wisely. Our clients are professionals, business owners, individuals, charities, families, and employers, who rely on our clear financial advice and investment management services to preserve and grow their long‑term savings and investments.

We are a team of about 900 people based in 15 offices across the UK. Our geographic footprint means we can combine a local approach with face‑to‑face services to enable strong, long‑term relationships with our clients.

Sustainability is fundamental to our purpose, and we have a responsibility to help address the social, economic and environmental challenges facing our business, colleagues and clients. We strive to do the right thing and are dedicated to helping the charities that matter most to our people.

We offer a wide range of inclusive benefits that provides our people with all the support they need to find a healthy balance in all aspects of their lives. We also invest in the growth of our people providing a sense of belonging and team spirit and the ability to thrive.

The Benefits

• Private medical
• Discounted health checks
• Stakeholder pension contribution
• Cycle to work scheme
• Gym discounts
• Purchase additional holiday

Equal Opportunities

As an employer, TrinityBridge is committed to equality and valuing diversity within its workforce. We provide equality of opportunity and will aim to ensure that no employee's or candidates are subject to discrimination on grounds of any characteristics including but not withstanding gender, gender identity, marital status, sexual orientation, race, colour, nationality, religion, age, disability, working pattern, caring responsibilities, political beliefs.