Interim Senior Finance Business Partner

12Month FTC Housing Org North Manchester Hybrid Up to £80,000 Senior FBP

Your new company
You will be joining a large, purpose-led organisation operating at scale across the UK, delivering essential services to a significant and diverse customer base. With a strong focus on reinvesting into its operations and improving outcomes, the business combines commercial discipline with long-term strategic thinking.
Following a recent restructure within finance, the organisation is strengthening its partnering and performance capability by creating a more defined separation between reporting and commercial insight. This hire is a key part of that evolution, offering the opportunity to join during a period of transformation and help shape how finance supports the wider business.

Your new role
As Senior Finance Partner, you will take on a highly visible leadership position within the finance function, acting as the head of service for your area and owning both the strategic and operational delivery of finance partnering. This is a 12-month fixed-term role with strong potential for extension or permanency depending on business needs. Reporting into a Head of Finance Partnering & Performance, you will sit within a developing structure that includes Finance Partners and junior finance staff, with responsibility for both delivery and people leadership.

Your core responsibilities will include:

Leading business partnering activity across your function, providing meaningful financial insight and challenge

Owning budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting processes, ensuring accuracy and relevance for decision-making

Developing and driving KPIs and performance metrics, linking financial outcomes to operational delivery

Identifying risks and opportunities, and putting in place clear mitigation or optimisation strategies

Working closely with senior stakeholders, including C-suite, to influence decisions and improve financial performance

Managing and developing a small team, with scope for future growth as the structure evolves

Supporting ongoing improvements to systems, reporting, and finance processes

This is a genuinely strategic partnering role, suited to someone who can go beyond the numbers and play an active role in shaping outcomes.

What you'll need to succeed
To be successful in this role, you will need to be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA - UK recognised) with proven experience operating in a senior business partnering capacity within a complex organisation. You'll bring a strong balance of technical capability and commercial acumen, but what will really set you apart is your ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at a senior level.
Key experience and attributes include:

• Demonstrable success in a true business partnering role, not just management accounting
• Strong experience engaging with senior leadership and presenting financial insight confidently
• Ability to identify financial risks and opportunities and translate them into actionable strategies
• Proven line management experience, with the confidence to lead, coach, and handle difficult conversations
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to connect financial data to broader business performance
• Resilience, proactivity, and the ability to operate independently in a fast-paced environment
• Strong Excel skills, with experience of financial systems (Oracle or similar desirable)

Candidates from both public and private sector backgrounds will be considered, provided they can demonstrate strong transferable partnering and strategic finance experience.
What you'll get in return
You'll receive a competitive salary of up to £80,897, alongside the opportunity to step into a high-impact role with genuine ownership and visibility.
The role offers a hybrid working model, with three days per week in the office (set expectation), and exposure to senior decision-making at a critical time for the finance function.
Beyond the package, this is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping a modern finance partnering function, gaining valuable leadership experience and positioning yourself for longer-term progression, whether through extension or a permanent opportunity.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, please click "apply" and we will revert to the most relevant applications as soon as possible.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you're a qualified accountant looking for a new job in finance, please contact Benjamin Stanton at the Hays Senior Finance team in Manchester.
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