Senior Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner

Location:  Lincoln (Office based)

Salary: Competitive

Vacancy Type: Permanent

Benjamin Edwards is recruiting for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join a progressive and commercially focused organisation. This is a key role within the Business Finance Team, providing financial leadership, commercial insight and constructive challenge to support strategic, operational and financial objectives. Working closely with Business Unit leaders across a diverse range of operations, you will act as the crucial link between finance and the wider organisation. As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will translate financial and operational data into meaningful insight, helping stakeholders make better decisions, improve performance and drive long-term value. This is an ideal opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys getting beneath the numbers, influencing stakeholders and making a tangible impact across a business.

What's on offer to the Senior Finance Business Partner

• Tangible career progression
• High growth company
• Stable business
• Fantastic dynamic team
• Lots of projects and exciting plans
• Opportunity to work for one of the leading companies in Lincolnshire and help shape the business

The role of Senior Finance Business Partner

• Acting as a trusted financial advisor to Business Unit leaders, providing high-quality analysis, insight and constructive challenge
• Building strong relationships across the organisation and helping to embed a commercially focused, performance-driven culture
• Supporting stakeholders in understanding the key drivers behind revenue, costs, margins and cash performance
• Supporting the annual budgeting process, medium-term financial planning and ongoing forecasting
• Translating business objectives into clear financial plans, KPIs and measurable performance targets
• Analysing Business Unit performance to identify trends, risks, opportunities and areas for improvement
• Preparing financial information and analysis for monthly business performance reviews
• Providing clear commentary around financial variances, performance drivers and root causes
• Reviewing unit economics, operational efficiency and cost structures to identify opportunities to improve performance
• Preparing and reviewing financial models and business cases to support commercial and operational decision-making
• Evaluating capital investment proposals, commercial opportunities and strategic initiatives
• Carrying out scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis to support informed decision-making
• Supporting the development and improvement of management reporting, dashboards and performance packs
• Ensuring financial information and KPIs are accurate, relevant and aligned with the needs of the business
• Challenging legacy reporting and helping move the organisation towards more forward-looking, insight-led analysis
• Presenting financial information clearly and confidently to senior stakeholders and non-finance colleagues
• Working collaboratively with FP&A, Controlling, Business Unit leaders and the wider finance team
• Supporting non-finance stakeholders with budget management and improving financial understanding and accountability
• Identifying opportunities to streamline processes, automate reporting and strengthen financial controls
• Supporting improvements to ERP systems, financial tools and data flows
• Championing consistency, data quality and best practice across the finance function

The ideal candidate for the role of Senior Finance Business Partner

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA Accountant with a background in commercial/operational finance roles

To Apply

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for Benjamin Edwards Ltd, please do not hesitate to apply.