Senior Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner Liverpool £75,000-£80,000

Hybrid working

If you're a qualified, experienced Senior Finance Business Partner who excels at influencing C-suite leaders and turning complex operational performance into clear commercial insight, this role offers the scale, challenge and strategic impact you're looking for.

This is a high-visibility position supporting a large, multi-contract national division delivering people-focused programmes across the UK. You'll partner directly with senior operational leaders, shaping financial performance, driving efficiency, and guiding strategic decision-making at executive level.

The Opportunity

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll take ownership of divisional financial performance, providing sharp analysis, forward-looking insight and commercially grounded recommendations. You'll be the bridge between finance and operations - challenging, influencing and ensuring leadership has the clarity needed to make the right decisions.

Key areas of focus include

Understanding financial performance across multiple regional contracts

Diagnosing profitability decline despite revenue growth

Analysing volume trends, outcome performance and delivery efficiency

Reviewing contract mix and identifying margin pressures

Assessing staffing models, productivity and operational effectiveness

Highlighting risks around underperformance, delivery capacity and sustainability

Presenting clear, actionable recommendations to C-suite stakeholders

What You'll Be Working With

Revenue growth driven by higher participant volumes

Declining job-outcome success rates

Expansion into lower-margin contracts

Increased delivery staff costs and reduced caseload efficiency

Higher turnover and reliance on temporary staff

Rising overheads from central support, digital investment and bid activity

You'll translate these dynamics into a compelling narrative for senior leadership - identifying what's working, what isn't, and what must change.

What You'll Bring

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, operationally complex environment and is confident influencing at executive level.

You'll need

CIMA / ACCA / ACA Qualification

Strong experience as a Senior Finance Business Partner

Proven ability to work with C-suite stakeholders and challenge constructively

Expertise in budgeting, forecasting, commercial analysis and performance reporting

Ability to interpret operational data and convert it into strategic insight

Strong communication skills - able to simplify complexity and drive action

A proactive, commercially minded approach with a focus on outcomes

You'll be stepping into a role with genuine strategic influence, where your insight will directly shape divisional performance and future direction.