Senior Finance Manager – Business Partners and Accounting (Maternity Cover)

Key Responsibilities

• Leading the month‑end close and reporting cycle for the Accounting team, ensuring accurate, timely results. 
• Producing and presenting high‑quality financial reporting, including the executive summary for the Board Pack.
• Driving improvements in financial MI, reporting quality, and the Faster Close initiative.
• Oversee Business Partners contribution to budgeting and forecasting cycles, ensuring high‑quality inputs and robust documentation of assumptions.
• Reviewing and challenging business cases, tenders, and scenario analyses.
• Ensuring robust balance sheet governance and technical accounting across the team, including lease accounting, impairment and dilapidations provision. 
• Managing audit deliverables and supporting technical audit areas.
• Leading, coaching, and developing a team of 10 Business Partners and Accountants.
• Managing recruitment, onboarding, and future resourcing needs.
• Championing systems, data quality, and process improvement.

We would like to meet someone who is

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and experience leading a large finance team.
• Proven experience working closely with senior stakeholders, building credibility, and influencing decisions through high‑quality business partnering.
• A proactive, improvement‑focused mindset and the ability to drive change.
• A collaborative leadership style that builds capability, supports development, and drives high performance.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Hybrid working, 3 days in London based office & 2 working from home
• Holiday allowance
• 50% staff discount & 25% for family and friends
• Pension scheme