Senior Finance Business Partner

Marks Sattin are partnering with a global, market-leading organisation to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner into a pivotal leadership role within their finance function.

This is a highly visible opportunity for a commercially driven finance professional who enjoys influencing decision-making, developing teams and driving performance across a complex, fast-paced environment.

The opportunity As Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across multiple functions, delivering insight that genuinely shapes commercial outcomes. You'll play a critical role in evolving FP&A support, strengthening financial control and improving margins and efficiencies across the business.

This role also offers people leadership responsibility, with line management of two direct reports and a clear mandate to build capability, succession and a high-performing team culture.

Key responsibilities

Build and maintain strong partnerships with senior stakeholders across the business

Provide timely, accurate and insightful financial information to support effective decision-making

Evolve and enhance FP&A and commercial finance support, increasing value and impact

Constructively challenge stakeholders to drive margin improvement and operational efficiency

Line manage, coach and develop a team including a Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant

Own learning & development plans, succession planning and team engagement

Identify and manage balance sheet risks and opportunities

Act as super user for a newly implemented consolidation sysyem

Support the Financial Controller in strengthening financial processes, controls and efficiencies

Oversee and approve vendor payment runs and payroll, ensuring accuracy and compliance

Act as the key point of contact for internal and external audit

Deputise for the Financial Controller where required

About you You'll be a confident and commercially astute finance professional, comfortable operating at senior level and influencing decision-making across the business.

You're likely to bring

A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Experience in a Senior Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager Senior Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager role

Proven people management experience, with a track record of developing teams

Strong systems experience, ideally SAP or a similar ERP

Advanced Excel and strong overall IT capability

Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge and support senior stakeholders

High attention to detail, strong organisation skills and a commitment to continuous improvement

Why apply? This role offers the opportunity to step into a genuine finance leadership position within a well-established, international organisation, where you'll have real influence, senior stakeholder exposure and the chance to make a measurable commercial impact.

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