Senior Finance Business Partner

We are working with a high calibre business in the Heathrow area who are looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join the team. You will be responsible for maintaining robust financial control, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting, and supporting budgeting and forecasting activities across multiple business units within the South region. This role partners closely with the Regional Operations Director and Executive Team to monitor financial performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and drive operational efficiency.

The Role

• Setting, analysing and driving improvement in operational & financial KPI's.
• Continually improve the quality, accuracy and timeliness of financial information to key stakeholders
• Support and challenge regional forecast/budgets and present with full explanation key movements to FD and Ops Director
• Ownership of the production of accurate monthly regional P&L, with assistance from RtR team
• Ownership of the region balance sheet including understanding of risks and opportunities, supported by RtR team
• Ensure closure of the operational month end accounts to the set deadline
• Ensure that month end accounts are accurate, provide a full understanding of any deviations from flash /forecast/budget and any future impacts of current deviations
• Ensure all internal/external weekly, monthly and quarterly financial reports are complete, accurate and submitted to deadline
• Continually challenge regional operational management to improve financial performance.
• Identification of operational efficiency and cash generating opportunities.
• Identify and drive cost control and cost reduction projects, including improvements in labour efficiency & COGS.
• Support Operational Management with the preparation of forecasts and budgets, reviewing and challenging input and assumptions.
• Ensure all financial processes are adhered to.
• Assist in commercial reviews, ensuring through financial evaluation to drive optimal profitability.
• Identify and report the effects of any disruption to the business promptly to aid fast decision making to limit adverse impacts.
• Ensure Capex is forecast/budgeted accurately.
• Review and challenge business cases to support investment decisions and ensure robust post investment appraisals are undertaken.
• Deal with ad-hoc financial queries from Operations management teams as and when required.
• Lead and develop the Finance Business Partnering team.

About You

• Hold a professional Qualification in ACCA, CIMA or ACA.
• Minimum 5+ years Finance Management experience
• Strong management accounting experience
• Excellent analytical skills, ability to manipulate complex data, generating actionable insight.
• A track record of providing insightful reporting.
• A proven record of driving business improvement
• Be commercially astute, with a proven record of driving financial performance with key stakeholders.
• Have a track record of supporting the delivery of profit improvement plans.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Systems experience with SAP.
• A proactive approach and a collaborative attitude Ability to build business relationships and interact with internal customers, with the ability to solve problems and show resilience.
• Ability to work to tight deadlines.