Job Description
Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner
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Location: Hybrid – Peterborough or Manchester
Are you a commercially minded Finance Business Partner who enjoys getting close to the numbers, challenging performance, and influencing real business outcomes?
Our client is looking for a Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner to join our Distribution Finance team. This is a high-profile role partnering with our Partnerships Director, supporting external partners, new business development, claims, ancillary products and core product trading performance.
You’ll play a key role in driving commercial performance, providing clear insight, accurate forecasting and financial challenge to help shape strategic decisions across the business.
What you’ll be doing
• Partnering with senior stakeholders to understand trading performance, commercial drivers and key risks/opportunities.
• Supporting delivery of budget targets across volumes, EBITDA and wider trading performance.
• Providing robust forecasting, commercial insight and financial modelling to support decision-making.
• Helping drive pricing optimisation, commercial initiatives and cost/value opportunities.
• Producing consistent trading reporting and analysis across Distribution.
• Supporting process improvement, simplification and transition to group Anaplan reporting and modelling.
• Building strong relationships across Finance, internal trading teams and external partners.
• Supporting M&A, due diligence and ad hoc information requests where required.
What we’re looking for
• Fully qualified accountant – ACCA, CIMA or ACA.
• Strong FP&A, commercial finance or business partnering experience.
• Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling.
• Confident communicator with the ability to challenge, influence and build strong relationships.
• Strong analytical mindset with a curious, proactive approach.
• Experience partnering with external customers or commercial teams would be highly beneficial.
• Anaplan experience would be a strong advantage, but is not essential.
Our client’s vision is to become the UK’s No. 1 General Insurance Services Provider by delivering innovative, value-driven products and solutions to customers.
This is a brilliant opportunity to join a growing and evolving business where Finance has a genuine seat at the table. xwzovoh You’ll be part of a collaborative “One Finance” culture, with the opportunity to influence trading performance, improve processes and help shape future commercial strategy.
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