Finance Business Partner (Interim)

Location: Battersea Park, London (Hybrid Working Available)

Duration: 6 Months

About the Opportunity

We are partnering with a highly regarded international professional services organisation to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner for a 6 month contract.

This newly created position will play a key role in supporting a specialist division, providing commercial insight, financial analysis, and operational reporting to senior leadership teams.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with stakeholders, driving performance, and translating financial data into meaningful business insights.

>>> You will need to be immediately available or at most one week <<<

The Role

Working closely with senior operational leaders and the Head of FP&A, you will support financial planning, reporting, forecasting and performance management across multiple specialist teams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Preparing and presenting monthly financial performance reports to senior stakeholders.
• Providing analysis and insight on project profitability, fee performance and operational delivery.
• Investigating monthly variances and providing clear commentary on business performance.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and quarterly reforecast processes.
• Developing and maintaining resource and capacity planning models.
• Ensuring accurate project costing and internal fee allocations.
• Driving improvements in reporting, financial controls and business processes.
• Supporting the ongoing development and adoption of Microsoft Dynamics 365.
• Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders to influence decision-making.

About You

We are looking for an ambitious and commercially focused finance professional who can quickly build credibility with senior stakeholders.

You will ideally have:

• Part-qualified accountant status (ACCA, CIMA or ACA).
• Previous Finance Business Partnering or commercial finance experience.
• Around 4-5 years' finance experience.
• Experience producing forecasts, budgets and performance reports.
• Strong variance analysis and financial modelling skills.
• Excel (Pivots, VLookUps at a minimum)
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities.
• A proactive approach to identifying process improvements.
• The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, project-driven environment.

Desirable Experience

• Experience within a people-based or professional services business.
• Power BI knowledge.
• Experience with ERP systems, particularly Microsoft Dynamics 365.

What's on Offer?

• Exposure to senior decision-makers and business leaders.
• A highly collaborative and creative working environment.
• Opportunity to influence business performance and strategic planning.
• Hybrid working flexibility.
• Immediate start available.

If you are a commercially astute finance professional looking for your next contract opportunity in London, we'd love to hear from you.