Strategic Finance Partner | Hybrid - Insight & Growth

Cornerstone; Horley; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension 6% employee/12% total

Enhanced maternity & family leave

Life assurance

HolidayPlus

Virtual GP & EAP

Retail and leisure discounts

Job summary

SGN in the United Kingdom is seeking a Finance Business Partner on a personal contract with hybrid working to provide financial insight, challenge, and support across operational leaders and senior stakeholders. You will translate financial data into actionable inputs to drive decision-making and value creation.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, KPI development, and performance analysis while ensuring robust financial controls and effective collaboration with non-finance teams.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial acumen and business understanding
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to influence, challenge, and communicate with senior stakeholders
• Strong financial modelling and Excel skills (Power BI/Tableau desirable)
• Clear, confident communication and presentation skills
• Ability to manage competing priorities and work to deadlines
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Proven experience in a finance business partnering, management accounting, or commercial finance role
• Experience supporting operational or service based teams
• Experience in a regulated, infrastructure, utilities, or large complex organisation
• Experience with strategic planning, investment appraisal, or transformation programmes

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders and ops teams to support strategic and operational decision making
• Provide constructive challenge to business plans, assumptions, and investment proposals
• Support the development and evaluation of business cases, including cost/benefit and return on investment analysis
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and medium term planning processes for assigned areas
• Monitor financial performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities
• Produce clear, insightful management reporting with narrative and recommendations
• Analyse trends, drivers, and variances to explain performance and influence outcomes
• Develop and track KPIs and performance metrics aligned to business objectives
• Provide scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support key decisions
• Identify opportunities to improve cost control, efficiency, and value for money
• Support cost transformation and productivity initiatives
• Ensure robust financial controls are embedded within operational processes
• Ensure compliance with financial policies, accounting standards, and internal controls
• Support audit processes and respond to audit queries as required
• Promote strong financial discipline and accountability across the business
• Build credible, collaborative relationships with non finance stakeholders
• Act as the primary finance contact for assigned business areas
• Present financial information clearly to both financial and non financial audiences
• Contribute to the development of finance processes, systems, and reporting
• Support automation and improved use of data and analytics
• Mentor or support junior finance team members where applicable

Skills

Commercial acumen

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

Excel

Power BI/Tableau

Communication skills

Deadline management

Qualified accountant

Finance partnering experience

Regulated sector experience

Education

Qualified accountant certification

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

SGN in the United Kingdom is seeking a Finance Business Partner on a personal contract with hybrid working to provide financial insight, challenge, and support across operational leaders and senior stakeholders. You will translate financial data into actionable inputs to drive decision-making and value creation.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting, KPI development, and performance analysis while ensuring robust financial controls and effective collaboration with non-finance teams.