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.