Finance Business Partnering Lead

The Consulting practice has seen significant growth, both organically and by a number of strategic acquisitions. As a business we strive to be constantly agile. We have recently merged together the legacy Risk and Consulting practices and realigned our business to ensure we are well placed to deliver our growth ambitions. We not only have deep sector knowledge, we are aligned into Go-to-market groups providing strategic, commercial, insight driven solutions to our clients. Join a dynamic and fast paced Consulting finance team of nearly 50 based primarily in London, Birmingham, and Manchester who support c4,000 partners and client staff. As a business partner you will work directly with the Consulting Partners and staff.

About The Role

This role offers the opportunity to work in a successful Business Partnering team providing specialist financial advice to the Business and

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• Serve as a strategic trusted advisor to senior business leaders, providing executive-level insights and challenging assumptions,
• Lead complex financial analysis and oversight on large and complex projects, working with client teams to ensure robust revenue recognition and financial metric governance across the portfolio,
• Develop and deliver comprehensive financial planning and forecasting to support business decision-making,
• Lead and develop the junior members, fostering excellence, continuous improvement, and career progression

PwC’s Business Partnering teams work hand-in-hand with our employees across the business, informing our leaders on the key decisions that drive the business forward, and shape their engagements. We entrust our Business Partnering teams to be proactive and honest, to build relationships and influence, to understand, challenge, and hold a mirror to the business, and to translate the numbers into a business story.

What Your Days Will Look Like

The Finance Leader is the business's first port of call for business decision support. Working closely with business unit leadership, engagement leaders and reporting directly to the Director of Finance, this is a collaborative and engaging role, and a vital function to the business. The individual in this role will provide commercially focused insight and analysis to our business leaders to drive the firm’s financial strategy, participating in leadership meetings to provide support, and where appropriate, challenge the business from a financial perspective. This role will work closely with the Business Partnering Lead specialists for complex issues concerning commercial, strategy, reporting, or financial control matters, and communicate with the firm’s Centres of Excellence regularly for escalated matters. The right individual will draw upon technical knowledge and experience, commercial insights, and interpersonal skills to drive, influence, and challenge the business to achieve short and long term financial objectives.

Further Responsibilities Of The Role Include

• Drive and challenge business performance through analysis, presentation and commentary of financial information to senior decision makers
• Play an influential role on steering groups supporting business delivery and strategic alignment
• Proactively highlight risks and opportunities to financial performance and develop actions to mitigate, correct or exploit as appropriate with senior decision makers
• Discuss forward looking and actionable financial insights that sustain market share, support growth and maximise profitability
• Support the business area in robust short/medium term forecasting as well as ensuring business engagement and ownership of the annual planning cycle
• Proactively identify opportunities (from either existing or new analysis) for improved performance and develop potential solutions with senior decision makers to drive financial performance

The Role Is For You If

• A relevant finance qualification such as CA, ACA, CIMA or ACCA
• Commercially minded with a deep business understanding
• Able to demonstrate application of accounting standards, including IFRS 15
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with good attention to detail
• Action orientated and a self-starter
• Focused on continuous improvement and developing their team

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions. We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.