We're looking for an experienced, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join a global market-leading organisation based in Banbury.
Working closely with the Finance Director and senior Sales and Marketing leaders across the Retail and Online business, you'll use financial insight to support commercial decision-making, drive profitability and influence business performance.
This is a genuine Business Partner role for someone who is already comfortable operating as a trusted commercial adviser. You'll need the confidence and credibility to challenge senior stakeholders constructively, interpret complex data and trends, and turn financial information into clear recommendations that help shape business decisions.
The Role
This is a varied, commercially focused role where you'll:
Partner closely with Retail, Online and Marketing Directors, building trusted relationships and providing meaningful commercial challenge
Analyse monthly financial performance across sales, margin, operating results and profitability, identifying trends, risks and opportunities
Review channel, sales and Key Account performance, using data to identify opportunities to improve productivity and profitability
Analyse sales, open orders, pricing and margin performance and recommend practical improvements
Lead budgeting and forecasting activity across Retail, Online and Marketing, challenging assumptions and providing insightful commentary
Influence business decisions by interpreting financial information and providing actionable recommendations rather than simply reporting the numbers
Support business cases and investment decisions, including reviewing performance against expected returns
Identify financial risks and opportunities and help drive appropriate actions
Support strategic initiatives and continuous improvement across the business
Help continue the evolution of Finance from transactional reporting towards genuine commercial partnership and decision supportWhat We're Looking For
We're looking for an established Finance Business Partner with at least five years' Business Partnering experience, who is already accustomed to working directly with senior commercial stakeholders.
You'll ideally have:
At least five years' experience operating in a genuine Finance Business Partner capacity
Strong commercial finance experience, ideally partnering Sales, Retail, Online or other commercially focused teams
Proven experience working with senior stakeholders, with the confidence to comfortably challenge and influence at Director level
Strong analytical capability with the ability to identify trends, understand what's driving performance and turn data into meaningful commercial recommendations
Experience analysing sales, margin, pricing, profitability and other commercial performance measures
Strong budgeting and forecasting experience, including challenging assumptions and influencing business plans
A naturally curious, commercially minded approach and the confidence to ask questions rather than simply accept the numbers
Excellent communication and relationship-building skills, with the ability to become a credible and trusted adviser
Strong Excel and financial analysis skills
Experience with SAP, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), Power BI or similar reporting and analytical tools would be advantageousA relevant finance qualification such as CIMA or ACCA would be advantageous.
What's in it for You?
Competitive Salary + up to 10% Bonus + Profit Share
Hybrid Working
Annual performance-related bonus
Profit share scheme
Hybrid working
25 days' holiday plus bank holidays and your birthday, with the option to purchase additional holiday
Enhanced pension
Private healthcare and wellbeing benefits
Life assurance
Employee discounts