Strategic Finance Partner: Shape Profitability & Planning

Talk Staff Group Limited; Leeds; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Talk Staff Group Limited in Leeds is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join its finance team. This is a commercially focused role where you will influence business performance through financial insight and close collaboration with senior stakeholders.

You will move beyond traditional reporting, contribute to business planning and profitability initiatives, and play an active part in improving financial and operational performance across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent).
• Experience as a Finance Business Partner or in a commercially focused finance role.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to communicate key business drivers.
• Experience analysing financial information and translating it into commercial insight.
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders and providing constructive challenge.
• Forecasting, financial modelling and business planning experience.
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills.
• Able to work across a complex organisation and build cross-team relationships.
• Proactive, commercially minded and service-focused.
• Experience in professional services or similar complex environment is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation
• Providing insightful analysis of financial performance and KPIs
• Identifying opportunities to improve profitability, efficiency and commercial performance
• Supporting working capital performance including billing, WIP and debt management
• Providing financial modelling and analysis to support forecasting and business planning
• Supporting pricing decisions, tenders, profitability reviews and business cases
• Producing clear financial and commercial commentary to support decision-making
• Supporting and delivering finance projects, process improvements and systems developments
• Working collaboratively with stakeholders across a complex organisation
• Providing constructive financial challenge and helping stakeholders understand the commercial impact of decisions

Skills

Commercial awareness

Financial analysis

Forecasting & modelling

Stakeholder management

Communication & presentation

Business partnering

Complex organisation navigation

Proactive & service-focused

Professional services exposure

Education

ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification

Job description

Talk Staff Group Limited in Leeds is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join its finance team. This is a commercially focused role where you will influence business performance through financial insight and close collaboration with senior stakeholders.

You will move beyond traditional reporting, contribute to business planning and profitability initiatives, and play an active part in improving financial and operational performance across the organisation.