Finance Business Partner - South Birmingham - Hybrid - #2197010

I am now recruiting a newly created Finance Business Partner role for a leading, acquisitive PE Backed services business based in South Birmingham.

Following a period of strategic growth, they are now seeking a commercially focused Finance Business Partner to play a key role in supporting and driving performance across an expanding Group.

As Finance Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to the Managing Directors of the Group’s businesses. You will work closely with senior leadership teams to provide financial insight, challenge and decision support. You will take ownership of forward-looking analysis, scenario planning and commercial modelling, ensuring the business continues to grow profitably and sustainably.

This is a highly visible role that offers the opportunity to make a tangible impact across multiple businesses within the Group.

Key Responsibilities

• Business Partnering: Build strong relationships with Managing Directors and senior leadership teams, providing challenge and commercial guidance to drive profitable growth.
• Commercial Support: Lead the financial evaluation of contracts, bids, tenders and project assumptions, ensuring robust business cases and return-on-investment analysis.
• Analytical FP&A: Deliver forward-looking analysis, including scenario planning, sensitivity analysis and modelling of business performance to support strategic decision-making.
• Insight Generation: Translate financial and operational data into meaningful insights, highlighting key trends, risks and opportunities to influence business outcomes.
• Systems & Data: Navigate multiple finance systems (post-acquisitions), streamlining reporting and improving the quality and accessibility of data.
• Modelling & Dashboards: Develop advanced financial models and use Power BI to create dynamic dashboards and visualisations that inform and support decision-making.
• Performance Management: Produce analysis on KPIs, variances and profitability, driving accountability and supporting operational and strategic goals.
• Project Involvement: Support M&A integration, investment appraisals and strategic projects across the Group.
• Continuous Improvement: Champion improvements in financial processes, planning cycles and data utilisation.

The role is ideally suited to a commercially minded finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced, multi-site environment.

You will combine strong analytical capability with the ability to partner with senior stakeholders and drive meaningful business outcomes.

The successful candidate will be:

• Be fully qualified in CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent
• Have proven experience in financial analysis, planning and modelling
• Have strong commercial acumen, with experience supporting contracts, bids and tenders
• Have advanced Excel and financial modelling skills, with the ability to interpret complex data sets
• Have experience using Power BI (or similar BI tools) to build dashboards and deliver actionable insights
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, able to challenge, influence and add value at senior level

What's on offer?

• Company Car
• 23 days holiday + bank holidays
• Pension scheme
• Opportunity to work with senior leadership in a growing, acquisitive Group

This role is perfect for a forward-thinking Finance Business Partner who enjoys combining deep analysis, commercial influence and project involvement within a successful, expanding market leader!