Interim Senior Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner (Interim)

12-month assignment

Department: Finance

Reports to: Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: London (hybrid - 2 days in the office)

Contract: 12-month interim

Hours: Full-time

About the opportunity

This is an opportunity to join a busy, high-performing Finance team as an interim Finance Business Partner. Working alongside the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will be the finance lead for a portfolio of key business areas - working closely with stakeholders including CRO, CTO and Events CEO across those teams to provide detailed, meaningful and value-adding support that underpins their decision making.

The role is central to the delivery of the financial business plan and wider organisational objectives, through strategic support, performance analysis, management reporting, budgeting, forecasting, scenario analysis and the identification of risks and opportunities. It offers the chance to work with teams right across the business and with stakeholders at every level.

About the team

You will join a Finance Business Partnering team of eight - five Finance Business Partners (two based overseas), a Finance Reporting Analyst, a Procurement Manager and the Head of Finance Business Partnering. The wider Finance function is based in London with colleagues and business partners located across several international locations.

What you will be doing

Working autonomously, you will deliver timely and accurate management information and support your stakeholders to manage their budgets and prepare accurate forecasts. Your work will include:

• Ensuring business requirements are understood and clearly reflected in all reporting and analysis.
• Reporting on performance and using influencing and stakeholder-management skills to drive actions that support successful delivery of business objectives.
• Providing analysis and advice on cost drivers, KPIs and trends, and assessing the potential financial impacts of key decisions.
• Supporting, challenging and influencing the business to understand the financial implications of its decisions, and proactively identifying risks, issues and opportunities - along with potential solutions.
• Identifying cost-efficiency opportunities and supporting their delivery alongside the relevant stakeholders.
• Applying commercial acumen to help secure the best outcomes in contract negotiations, limiting financial risk and protecting cashflow.
• Ensuring financial processes and controls are well understood, monitoring compliance, and providing guidance and training where needed.
• Working with the wider Finance team, IT, Legal and People & Culture to drive continuous improvement in finance processes and systems.

About you

You have solid finance experience and are confident with P&L reporting and budgeting, backed by robust Excel skills that let you deliver monthly analysis, tracking and reporting efficiently and accurately, with meaningful commentary. You build strong relationships with stakeholders, helping them fully understand and own their numbers. You are a natural problem solver - resourceful, pragmatic and always looking for better ways of working. Comfortable in a fast-paced, demanding environment, you work autonomously and confidently, balancing independent delivery with sound judgement on when to escalate.

Key skills and experience

• Finance background with experience of P&L reporting, budgeting and analysis.
• Strong communicator with excellent stakeholder-management and influencing skills.
• Excel financial-modelling skills and strong attention to detail.
• Structured and organised, with a track record of delivering on time.
• Resourceful, able to use your own initiative and think pragmatically.
• Confident working with large data sets and translating them into meaningful analysis.
• Experience with Workday and Workday reporting is an advantage but not essential.