Senior Finance Business Partner
- Loughborough, Leicestershire
- Permanent
- Full-time
We offer a blended approach to office working, encouraging you to collaborate and connect in one of our thriving offices. We deliver on what we say, taking the development of our people seriously. We'll work with you to progress your success plan and provide opportunities to accelerate your career.On top of a competitive salary, our standard 25 days holiday (which goes up the longer you're with us), and a matched pension scheme, you'll also be able to choose from a range of benefits to suit you. We're an organisation that likes to give back, so you'll also have one charity day allocated to support a cause that matters to you.About you:
This is a key role in driving the business towards achieving its long-term objectives and requires a commercially focused individual, who can work effectively at a senior management level, with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.This will require a detailed understanding of key performance metrics, financial understanding, a forward-looking mindset and the gravitas to influence people from across the business. This is a high-profile role, working directly with Board level executives reporting to the Functional Finance Director.Day-to-day, you will:
- Form a strong partnership with the Chief Customer Success Officer and their leadership team. A trusted advisor and hands on partner to support and challenge the business to achieve maximum results
- Provide accurate and timely financial reporting, analysis, and insights to support decision-making at the executive and board levels
- Effectively use financial information to provide the business with better insight into business performance and trajectory and opportunities for growth
- Drive optimisation of financial performance and manage to target metrics
- Lead improvements in delivering business predictability through a robust forecasting and review framework
- Support the business in developing and executing on an effective business strategy
- Lead the planning and budgeting process for the Function
- Be an active member of the Finance function and drive finance process improvements
- Build and review business cases and ensure that the right commercial decisions are made for the Group
- Oversee integration of acquisitions
- Oversee risk management and compliance related to financial operations in line with financial regulations, industry standards and company policies
- Manage cash flow, liquidity, and working capital effectively to support the division's operations and growth initiatives in the division
- Build strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including investors, financial institutions, auditors, and regulators, to ensure transparency and compliance
- Experienced FBP, with accredited financial qualifications, e.g. ACA/CIMA/ACCA/MBA
- Commercially aware with proven ability to identify and drive strategy, who is results oriented
- Able to partner with and influence senior non-finance business execs
- Capability to operate effectively in a matrixed environment
- Excellent communication and presentation skills capable of conveying complex financial information clearly to diverse audiences
- Excellent decision-making capabilities and experience in providing financial guidance to senior executives.
- Ability to foster cross-functional relationships to drive a collaborative environment and improve efficiencies
- Resilience and ability to operate in a high growth and fast paced environment
- Expertise in financial modelling (strong Excel skills required) and some experience in investment appraisal
- Experience in software related business specifically in revenue growth & pricing
- Can operate effectively in a virtual team environment across multiple locations
- M&A / Corporate Finance experience preferred.
- Detailed operational understanding of the software industry, and a recurring/subscription commercial framework would be preferable