Our Client Mackie Myers are partnering with a private equity backed consumer facing business to recruit a Commercial Finance Business Partner into a highly visible commercial finance role, based in St Albans.
With a strong focus on value creation, partnerships, and strategic investment, this role will sit at the heart of the business, supporting senior leaders across commercial, operational, property, and clinical functions.
This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially focused finance professional who enjoys working on investment decisions, business valuations, and strategic growth initiatives.
The Role Reporting into senior finance leadership, the Senior Finance Business Partner will support a range of strategic growth, investment and business performance initiatives across a large, multi-site operation.
Working cross-functionally with various stakeholders, the role will provide financial analysis, investment appraisal and decision support to help drive sustainable growth and maximise returns.
The successful candidate will play a key role in evaluating new opportunities, supporting investment decisions, monitoring performance and delivering insights that influence strategic priorities across the business.
Main Duties - Partner with senior stakeholders to support strategic growth and investment initiatives.
- Build financial models and business cases to evaluate commercial opportunities.
- Provide robust analysis and challenge around investment decisions and resource allocation.
- Support the assessment of new site opportunities, expansion projects and business improvement initiatives.
- Deliver insight and recommendations through detailed financial and operational performance analysis.
- Monitor returns on investment and support the ongoing evaluation of strategic projects.
- Work alongside commercial, operational and property teams to identify opportunities for growth and profitability improvement.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities.
- Prepare presentations and analysis for senior leadership and investors.
- Develop reporting and insight that supports effective decision-making across the organisation.
- Contribute to wider corporate projects including growth strategy, acquisitions, investments and transformation initiatives.
The Successful Candidate - Background within a Transaction Services team at a Big Four or leading advisory firm is highly desirable, with industry experience in an FP&A or commercial finance role.
- Alternatively, candidates from a Big Four Audit background who have subsequently gained industry exposure to acquisitions, investments, business transactions or strategic projects within industry will also be considered.
- Experience building financial models, evaluating investments and supporting commercial decision-making.
- Strong understanding of business valuation methodologies and investment appraisal techniques.
- Ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across both finance and operational teams.
- Commercially minded, inquisitive and comfortable challenging assumptions.
- Excellent Excel and financial modelling skills.
What's on Offer? - £80,000 - £90,000 base salary depending on experience, with 20% bonus.
- Opportunity to work on high-profile investment, valuation and growth projects.
- Significant exposure to executive leadership and strategic decision-making.
- Excellent long-term career progression within a growing and evolving organisation.
- Hybrid working and comprehensive benefits package.
