Senior Finance Business Partner

My client, an industry-leading and highly respected firm in the North West, is looking to hire a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their head office in Chester.

This pivotal role is designed for someone who thrives on providing insightful financial analysis, actionable recommendations, and collaborative support to senior leadership teams. You will play a key part in shaping strategic decisions, improving cash management, and enhancing cost control across the business. With regular interaction with executive stakeholders, this position offers you the chance to make a tangible impact on operational performance while enjoying flexible working opportunities and a supportive team environment.

If you are passionate about the real estate industry, want to drive financial excellence and eager to contribute to meaningful business outcomes, this could be the perfect next step in your career.

• Serve as the primary finance point of contact for construction team, supporting their regular reporting processes and providing detailed financial insights to inform decision making.
• Act as a trusted business partner to the MD of Construction, fostering strong relationships built on collaboration and mutual respect.
• Support the annual budget process by building out full-year budgets and five-year plans for Construction functions, ensuring robust challenge and support throughout.
• Prepare and review monthly financial performance reports by collating inputs from Construction functions, delivering comprehensive variance analysis and commentary for executive reporting.
• Attend monthly review meetings to provide clear insights on performance, identifying risks and opportunities for future improvement.
• Assist the Construction team during year-end external audits as the main point of contact for audit queries related to construction matters.
• Provide internal financial reporting for Building Improvement Programmes, supporting technical teams on costs and cashflow while preparing monthly board reports.
• Track and review monthly Construction Overhead spend, maintaining relevant KPIs to ensure effective cost management.
• Work with wider finance teams on CVR, revenue, and profit forecasting by commercial and delivery teams to ensure accurate management accounts reporting each month.
• Develop and utilise business information tools to generate meaningful insights into business performance while reviewing existing processes to implement new group-wide reporting solutions.

• Qualified accountant, with substantial years PQE
• Demonstrable experience in finance business partnering within a complex or construction-focused environment where you have provided actionable insights to senior stakeholders.
• Proven track record of delivering high-quality financial planning and analysis that informs strategic decision-making at an organisational level.
• Strong understanding of budgeting processes including preparation of annual budgets and multi-year plans within large organisations.
• Excellent skills in preparing monthly management accounts reporting with comprehensive variance analysis for executive audiences.
• Experience acting as a key liaison during external audits-particularly relating to construction or project-based businesses-and handling audit queries effectively.
• Ability to develop business information tools that translate data into meaningful insights for non-financial stakeholders across various functions.
• A collaborative approach with outstanding interpersonal skills that enable you to work closely with cross-functional teams including technical specialists and commercial leads.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel or similar analytical tools used for modelling cashflows, profitability scenarios, or risk assessments within large-scale projects.
• A commitment to continuous improvement demonstrated through reviewing existing processes and implementing new solutions that enhance group-wide reporting capabilities.

To apply for this unique opportunity, please get in touch!

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About the job

Contract Type: Permanent

Specialism: Accountancy & Finance

Focus: Commercial Finance

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: Chester

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 per annum