Finance Business Partner
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Job Title:Finance Business Partner
Location: Canterbury
Job Type: Full time/permanent (Office based)
Salary: £48,000 - £55,000 per annum (dependent on experience)
About the role
We are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join a dynamic finance team and deliver high-quality commercial insight and financial support to business stakeholders. You will play a key role in driving business performance through robust financial analysis, planning, and effective partnership with operational leaders.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the primary finance point of contact for assigned business units, providing clear, pragmatic financial guidance to support decision-making.
- Prepare and present monthly management reports, highlighting key drivers, variances and recommendations to improve performance.
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes, working closely with stakeholders to build realistic and stretch scenarios.
- Deliver insightful financial analysis and modelling to support business cases, strategic projects and investment decisions.
- Support month-end and year-end close activities, ensuring accuracy of financial results and timely reconciliations.
- Challenge and influence commercial decisions through actionable financial insight and scenario analysis.
- Drive development of KPIs and dashboards to monitor performance and support continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimise cost, identify efficiencies and improve financial controls.
- Coach and develop non-finance colleagues on financial literacy and best practice.
What we're looking for
- Qualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or equivalent finance qualification with demonstrable experience in a business partnering or commercial finance role.
- Strong commercial acumen and the ability to translate data into clear, business-focused recommendations.
- Excellent financial modelling, budgeting and forecasting skills.
- Proven experience producing management reporting and explaining complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial systems/ERPs and BI tools.
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management abilities.
- Highly analytical with attention to detail and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
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⭐ Highlight your chartered accountancy qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) prominently as this is explicitly required
📊 Quantify your business partnering impact: "Supported 3 business units with £2.5M budget oversight, improving forecast accuracy by 15%"
🌐 Emphasise your advanced Excel and ERP experience as these technical skills are specifically mentioned
🎯 Showcase examples of translating complex financial data into clear business recommendations for non-finance stakeholders
🤝 Demonstrate your coaching abilities by mentioning how you've developed financial literacy in operational teams
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- •Led budgeting and forecasting for 4 business units with combined £8.2M revenue, improving forecast accuracy by 18% through enhanced stakeholder collaboration
- •Developed automated Excel-based management reporting suite reducing month-end close time by 3 days while maintaining 99.8% accuracy
- •Coached 25 non-finance managers on financial literacy and KPI interpretation, resulting in 22% improvement in budget adherence across operational teams
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Dear Hiring Manager,
HR GO Recruitment's Finance Business Partner role perfectly aligns with my commercial finance background and passion for translating financial data into actionable business insights. My ACA qualification and proven experience in management reporting and financial modelling make me well-positioned to deliver the high-quality commercial support your Canterbury team requires.
My background in business partnering has equipped me with the analytical skills and stakeholder management abilities essential for this role. I have successfully led budgeting processes, developed KPI dashboards, and coached operational teams on financial literacy while maintaining accuracy in month-end reporting.
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Interview questions
10 questions generated from this advert.
Technical
- ›How would you approach building a financial model for a new product launch?
- ›Describe your experience with ERP systems and BI tools for management reporting
- ›Walk me through your process for monthly management reporting and variance analysis
- ›How do you ensure accuracy during month-end and year-end close processes?
- ›What KPIs would you establish for monitoring business unit performance?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to influence a business decision through financial analysis
- ›Describe a situation where you had to explain complex financial information to non-finance colleagues
- ›Give an example of when you identified cost efficiencies or process improvements
- ›Tell me about a challenging forecasting scenario you managed
- ›Describe how you've coached non-finance team members on financial matters
STAR answer examples
Model answers using the Situation-Task-Action-Result framework. Adapt to your own experience.
Tell me about a time you had to influence a business decision through financial analysis
Describe a situation where you had to explain complex financial information to non-finance colleagues
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