Senior Finance Business Partner
Location: Leicestershire (Hybrid – approx. 3 days on-site)Salary: £80-85k+ benefits
Alexander Daniels have been exclusively retained to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner on behalf of a growing SME in Leicestershire. Reporting to the Managing Director and managing a small team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategy, driving performance, and supporting an ambitious business through its next stage of growth.
This is a highly influential role partnering directly with senior leadership, with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across both operational and strategic decision-making.
About the Role
As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team – challenging assumptions, shaping business strategy, and enabling high-quality decisions through insightful financial analysis.
You will lead transformation within the finance function, championing improvements to processes, systems, reporting, and modelling. This is a hands‑on role suited to someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking with operational delivery.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering
- Build strong relationships with commercial and operational teams.
- Provide clear, insightful analysis to support decision‑making.
- Challenge performance assumptions and help drive accountability.
Financial Planning & Analysis
- Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and performance reporting.
- Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to maximise value creation.
- Deliver clear, concise financial insight to non‑financial stakeholders.
Transformation & Continuous Improvement
- Lead finance’s contribution to business transformation programmes.
- Identify opportunities for automation, improved processes, and smarter reporting.
- Support adoption of new systems, tools, and ways of working.
Leadership & Team Development
- Mentor and support the development of finance team members.
- Promote a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and commercial focus.
About You
You will thrive in this role if you are:
- Commercially astute with strong analytical capability.
- Confident influencing senior stakeholders, with excellent communication skills.
- Adaptable, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast‑paced SME environment.
- Experienced in transformation, process improvement, or change leadership.
- Hands‑on and solutions‑driven, able to move between detail and strategy with ease.
Technical Skills
- Strong financial modelling and FP&A capability.
- Proficiency with ERP or finance systems.
- Excellent presentation, visualisation, and communication skills.
- Experience in consultancy, advisory, or regulated industries can be beneficial but is not essential.
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