Finance Business Partner

Our Client
Mackie Myers are partnering with a leading UK multi-site business to recruit a Finance Business Partner into their FP&A team.
  
Following a recent period of growth and transformation, the business operates a nationwide portfolio of sites and is investing heavily in finance, data, and technology to support future expansion. This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly commercial finance function that plays a key role in driving operational performance and strategic decision-making.
  
The Role
Reporting to the Group Head of FP&A, the Finance Business Partner will work closely with operational stakeholders across a portfolio of sites, providing commercial insight, supporting decision-making, and helping drive financial performance.
The role offers excellent exposure to senior stakeholders and will play a key part in forecasting, budgeting, performance reviews, and ongoing finance transformation initiatives.
  
Main Duties
  • Partner with operational leaders to provide commercial insight and financial support across a multi-site portfolio.
  • Lead the monthly forecasting process, identifying risks, opportunities, and key performance drivers.
  • Support annual budgeting and rolling forecast cycles.
  • Deliver monthly performance reporting, variance analysis, and actionable recommendations.
  • Support monthly and quarterly business performance reviews.
  • Analyse operational KPIs and identify opportunities to improve revenue, occupancy, productivity, and profitability.
  • Challenge assumptions and support stakeholders in making informed commercial decisions.
  • Support the development and standardisation of reporting, forecasting, and KPI frameworks.
  • Work closely with FP&A, Management Accounts, and Operations teams to improve data quality and reporting processes.
  • Contribute to finance transformation projects, including Power BI, data analytics, and AI-driven initiatives.
  
The Successful Candidate
  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified, or close to qualification.
  • Experience within Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, and Commercial Finance.
  • Background within a multi-site environment such as care, healthcare, hospitality, leisure, retail, property, or related sectors is essential.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to challenge and influence.
  • Commercially minded, with a genuine interest in understanding operational performance.
  • Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
  • Experience with Power BI or other reporting and visualisation tools would be beneficial.
  • An interest in leveraging technology, automation, and AI to improve finance processes and insight.
  
What's on Offer?
  • £60,000–£75,000 base salary depending on experience.
  • Opportunity to join a growing, multi-site organisation during an exciting period of transformation.
  • Significant exposure to senior stakeholders and business-critical decision making.
  • Excellent career development opportunities within a growing finance function.