Finance Business Partner Recruitment

The Finance Business Partner's job is to build relationships and turn raw data into useful insights. The Finance Business Partner provides company operations and management with support and analysis and is a key advisor helping them make sound decisions regarding the direction of the business.

The Finance Business Partner typically wields significant influence over the business and so needs to be able to communicate their insights and analysis in a user-friendly manner. Our Finance Business Partner recruitment experience tells us that without this mix of analytical and communication skills, the aspiring Finance Business Partner will likely not succeed.

Finance Business Partner Recruitment: Responsibilities

• Analyse raw data to develop insights into future performance that can help to shape growth strategies.
• Provide regularly scheduled reports for sales leaders.
• Improve the understanding of financial reports and how they influence business performance.
• Link insights in those reports to business strategies that can help the business.
• Build partnerships and strong, productive relationships with senior management and their support staff.
• Help to guide change that ensures key operational and financial targets are met.

Finance Business Partner: Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting.
• Minimum 2 years' experience in financial planning or related field.
• Real-world experience with data analysis.
• Outstanding spreadsheet and financial modelling skills.
• Ability to retrieve relevant data using SQL queries.
• A highly developed ability to analyse information.
• Comprehensive knowledge of relevant software including Excel, Access and PowerPoint.
• First-rate written and verbal communication skills.

Most finance positions call for the individual to analyse historical numbers. Not so with the Finance Business Partner. Their job is to look forward, to analyse raw data from the present and find within it opportunities for the future. They then need to work with different departments to help formulate strategies to take advantage of those opportunities.

Roles We Cover Include...

Finance Director, Financial Controller, Finance Business Partner, Finance Manager, Financial Accountant, FP&A Analyst, Bookkeeper/Assistant Accountant, Part Qual/Finalist, Management Accountant, Payroll, Systems Accountant, Purchase Ledger, Sales Ledger/Credit Control, Accounts Assistant and Accounts Trainee/Admin.

Get in Touch with JMF Associates

The position of Finance Business Partner is one of significant influence where the successful candidate will have a significant say in shaping the future direction of the business. If this type of role appeals to you and you possess the qualifications as outlined above, get in touch with JMF Associates today by calling 020 8663 6699 or email team@jmfassociates.co.uk.