Strategic Finance Partner for Growth & Insights

Dyson-Farming; Nocton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

Pension 6% employer

Life assurance

On-site parking

Cycle to work

Retail discounts

Free flu jab

Mental health support

Eye tests & glasses discounts

Job summary

Dyson Farming seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide financial leadership, commercial insight, and robust challenge across Farming, CEA, Property and Central Functions. You will translate data into insights to drive decisions and long-term value creation, partnering with BU owners and delivering BPR inputs with clear commentary.

The role supports budgeting, forecasting, and capital decisions, while improving reporting, systems, and data quality.

Qualifications

• Translate business goals into clear financial plans, KPIs, and measurable targets.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to BU owners, providing high-quality insight, analysis, and constructive challenge.
• Build strong relationships across the business to embed a performance-driven culture.
• Support the Head of Business Finance in strengthening business partnering capability and behaviours.
• Help BU owners understand performance drivers across revenue, cost, margin, and cash.
• Support annual budget setting, medium-term planning, and forecasting.
• Translate business goals into clear financial plans, KPIs, and measurable targets.
• Consolidate, analyse, and interpret BU-level results to identify risks, opportunities, and trends.
• Lead the preparation of monthly Business Performance Review (BPR) inputs for assigned BUs.
• Provide clear, concise commentary to articulate variances and root causes.
• Assess unit economics, operational efficiency, and cost structures.
• Prepare and review financial models and business cases to support commercial and operational decisions.
• Evaluate capital investments, commercial proposals, and strategic initiatives.
• Conduct scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
• Ensure rigour, consistency, and integrity of financial assumptions.
• Support development, refinement, and delivery of BPR packs and reporting dashboards.
• Ensure KPIs and financial metrics remain accurate, relevant, and aligned to business needs.
• Challenge legacy reporting and contribute to forward-looking, insight-led analysis.
• Deliver timely, accurate financial information to senior stakeholders.
• Work closely with BU owners, FP&A, Controlling, and senior Finance leadership.
• Support non-finance teams in managing budgets and improving financial accountability.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly to stakeholders with varied financial literacy.
• Identify opportunities to streamline processes, automate reporting, and strengthen controls.
• Support improvements in ERP systems, data flows, and financial tools.
• Champion standardisation, data quality, and best practice within Business Finance.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Stakeholder engagement

Scenario modelling

Data interpretation

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Dyson Farming seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide financial leadership, commercial insight, and robust challenge across Farming, CEA, Property and Central Functions. You will translate data into insights to drive decisions and long-term value creation, partnering with BU owners and delivering BPR inputs with clear commentary.

The role supports budgeting, forecasting, and capital decisions, while improving reporting, systems, and data quality.