Finance Business Partner

Sewell Wallis is currently partnering with a leading UK professional services business based in Sheffield, which is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to join its Commercial Finance team. This role supports one of the firm's largest and most strategically important divisions of the company.

This is a high-impact commercial finance role where you'll work closely with senior leadership to provide financial insight, performance analysis and strategic support to drive profitability, efficiency and sustainable growth.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted finance partner to the business, contributing to key decision-making forums, strategic planning and major initiatives, while also playing an important role in forecasting, budgeting and financial modelling.

What will you be doing?

• Partner with the department leadership team to support strategic and commercial decision-making
• Produce clear and insightful performance reporting, forecasts and commentary to help guide business direction
• Lead and support budgeting, reforecasting, expected financial outcome and longer-term planning processes
• Build and maintain robust financial models, including income forecasting and scenario modelling
• Analyse KPIs and operational performance data to identify opportunities to improve profitability and efficiency
• Support the business through regulatory and legislative changes by developing financial models and data analysis
• Work closely with central finance teams, including FP&A, Commercial Insight and Business Performance, to enhance reporting and controls
• Support income recognition processes and provide clear explanations around movements in WIP, debt and disbursements
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, providing commercial challenge and financial guidance
• Contribute to ongoing finance transformation and process improvement initiatives

What skill will you have?

My client is looking for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys partnering with senior stakeholders and using financial data to influence business decisions.

• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with 3+ years post-qualification experience
• Experience in analytical or commercial finance roles, including building and maintaining complex financial models
• Strong Excel and Power BI skills, with the ability to translate data into meaningful business insight
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and providing clear financial advice and challenge
• Experience supporting budgets, forecasts and longer-term strategic planning
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• A proactive and adaptable approach with a strong focus on continuous improvement

What's on offer?

• Salary up to 75,000 depending on experience
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional leave
• Competitive and flexible pension schemes
• Two fully paid volunteering days each year
• Health cover

Apply for this role, or for more information, contact Kayley.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.