Strategic Finance Partner - Growth and Insights

Grant Thornton UK; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Grant Thornton UK is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead forecasting, budgeting and commercial support across client portfolios. You will translate financial insights into actionable recommendations, partner with leaders, and drive value through robust analytics and smart processes.

You’ll engage with non-finance stakeholders, coach junior team members, and contribute to a culture of openness and curiosity. This role is based in the UK with on-site expectations.

Qualifications

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with relevant management accounting / FP&A / business partnering background.
• Strong analytical skills (Excel/modelling) and ability to use dashboards/BI to generate insight quickly.
• Good business partnering behaviours: curiosity, constructive challenge, and ability to influence without authority.
• Comfort with AI-enabled ways of working: drafting, summarising, and checking outputs with appropriate validation.

Responsibilities

• Forecasting and planning: maintain driver-based forecasts; identify gaps to plan and propose actions (pricing, capacity, cost, delivery).
• Performance analysis: interpret results and explain the “so what”; focus on trend, mix, and leading indicators, not just retrospective variance.
• Commercial support: support fee proposals, contract/margin assessments, and post-deal tracking; highlight risks in scope, recovery, and resourcing.
• Working capital and controls: oversee WIP/debt hygiene via exception reporting; escalate issues and agree interventions with owners.
• Process improvement: identify recurring requests suitable for automation; help define standard packs, templates, and data definitions.
• Communication: Deliver results to key stakeholders with clear added value messages.
• Coaching: guide Assistant FBPs and analysts; review their outputs and develop their commercial awareness

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel modelling

BI dashboards

Business partnering

Influence

AI literacy

Education

Accounting qualification

Part-qualified accountant

Tools

Excel

BI tools

Job description

Grant Thornton UK is seeking a Finance Business Partner to lead forecasting, budgeting and commercial support across client portfolios. You will translate financial insights into actionable recommendations, partner with leaders, and drive value through robust analytics and smart processes.

You’ll engage with non-finance stakeholders, coach junior team members, and contribute to a culture of openness and curiosity. This role is based in the UK with on-site expectations.