Finance Business Partner in Woking

The Finance Business Partner will act as a trusted commercial and strategic adviser to senior leaders across the business, providing high-quality financial insight to support decision-making, improve performance and deliver the organisation's strategic objectives.

• Be the primary finance partner to designated business units, providing analysis
• Build strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders

• Act as the primary finance partner to designated business units, functions or senior leadership teams.
• Build strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders and become a trusted adviser on financial and commercial matters.
• Provide clear financial insight and challenge to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Translate complex financial information into concise, commercially relevant recommendations.
• Support business leaders in evaluating strategic initiatives, investment decisions, transformation programmes and growth opportunities.
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and ensure financial implications are fully understood before decisions are made.
• Lead or contribute to the annual budgeting and strategic planning process for relevant areas of the business.
• Own the financial forecasting process, ensuring forecasts are robust, evidence-based and aligned with operational plans.
• Analyse actual performance against budget, forecast and prior year, identifying key drivers and corrective actions.
• Develop meaningful KPIs and performance measures that support management decision-making.
• Provide regular financial performance reporting and commentary to senior management.
• Identify emerging trends, risks and opportunities and ensure these are communicated effectively.

A successful Finance Business Partner should have:

• Professional accounting qualifications such as ACA, ACCA, or CIMA.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with financial modelling and reporting tools.
• The ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• A proactive approach to identifying and driving financial improvements.