Senior Finance Business Partner (Temp to perm)

About The Role

Interim Senior Finance Business Partner
London (Hybrid) – 6 months to perm
£500 - £600 p/day

Our client is a private equity-backed organisation in the professional services space and is undergoing a period of significant growth, investment, and business transformation. As they continue to strengthen their finance capability, they are seeking a commercially focused Senior Finance Business Partner to work closely with C-suite stakeholders, providing insight, challenge, and strategic support to drive business performance.

This is a highly visible role offering exposure to executive leadership and key business initiatives. The successful candidate will combine strong analytical capability with commercial acumen, helping leaders understand business performance, identify opportunities for improvement, and make better-informed decisions. The position offers a blend of business partnering, performance analysis, and strategic project work within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

Key responsibilities:

- Partner with C-Suite and senior business leaders to support commercial and operational decision-making.
- Deliver insightful financial and business analysis to identify opportunities, risks, and emerging trends.
- Support forecasting, budgeting, and long-range planning activities across multiple areas of the organisation.
- Produce high-quality management information and performance reporting for senior stakeholders.
- Analyse revenue, margin, and cost performance, providing clear recommendations to improve outcomes.
- Monitor key business metrics and investigate the underlying drivers of performance.
- Develop meaningful insights that support growth, profitability, and operational efficiency.
- Support strategic initiatives and business improvement projects across the organisation.
- Assist in the development of enhanced reporting capabilities, dashboards, and management information tools.
- Challenge assumptions and provide constructive recommendations to influence decision-making.
- Prepare clear and concise presentations for senior leadership audiences.
- Build strong relationships across the business, acting as a trusted commercial partner and advisor.

Skills & Qualifications:

- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
- Previous experience within Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, or FP&A.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex information and identify key performance drivers.
- Demonstrable experience influencing and challenging senior stakeholders in a credible and professional manner.
- Experience within a private equity-backed, high-growth, or performance-driven environment would be advantageous.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to translate financial information into commercial insight.
- Advanced Excel skills and familiarity with financial reporting, planning, or business intelligence tools.
- A proactive, inquisitive, and commercially minded approach with a genuine interest in business performance.

This opportunity is particularly well suited to candidates who have trained within a leading accountancy firm and subsequently moved into commercial finance, business partnering, transaction advisory, corporate finance, or strategic FP&A roles. The successful individual will be intellectually curious, highly analytical, and comfortable operating in a dynamic environment where insight, challenge, and commercial thinking are highly valued.