Finance Business Partner

We at Alexander Lloyd are proud to be exclusively partnering with an international retail business in their search for a Finance Business Partner.

As a Finance Business Partner, you'll take ownership of business partnering, budget and forecast management, and month-end analysis for key areas including supply, operations, and marketing. This role requires you to deliver high-value analysis, providing commercial insights that challenge teams to exceed targets and drive sustainable business performance.

You'll take the lead in the budget and forecast processes, ensuring that targets are not only achievable but aligned with strategic business objectives. As a trusted advisor, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence, providing key insights that inform decision-making, and offering constructive challenges to performance in line with business expectations.

This is a highly influential role, requiring you to be a proactive partner, shaping financial outcomes, and ensuring business targets are met and exceeded.

What you will do:

• Review and produce MI in collaboration with the analytics teams to ensure performance is well understood and communicate any opportunities or risks to relevant teams.
• Provide financial modelling and analysis support for major projects (e.g., procurement activities) and strategic initiatives (e.g., business cases).
• Support the preparation of business cases for new initiatives or investments, tracking ROI in subsequent months to ensure alignment with the original submission.
• Attend Weekly Business Reviews, supporting teams in understanding their performance relative to budget and prior years.
• Provide reporting and MI to enhance business performance and enable better decision-making.
• Review financial performance against budget/forecast, collaborating with FP&A and analytics teams to ensure accuracy and timely month-end closure.
• Prepare and present financial reports for stakeholders (e.g., Ops, Logistics), providing insights into performance and its impact on future budget/forecast.
• Produce accurate MI packs each month, including commentary on performance vs. budget/forecast.
• Write commentary for the broader management team on financial and non-financial performance.
• Work with the FP&A team to highlight risks and opportunities against the latest budget or reforecast.
• Take ownership of long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting for US Supply and Operations, including associated CapEx.
• Collaborate with FP&A and Financial Control teams to improve processes and reporting.
• Lead special projects (e.g., new systems, M&A, procurement activities).
• Handle other ad hoc duties as required.

What you will need:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA)
• Experience within Retail, Ecommerce OR FMCG is essential
• Experience working as a Business Partner to Non-Finance stakeholders is essential.
• Strong MS Excel skills and (ideally) experience in dashboarding tools such as Tableau
• Experience producing management and executive packs and commentary
• High standards of accuracy
• Positive attitude
• Intermediate SQL skills (preferred not required)
• Extensive experience in business partnering roles
• Experience of working in either retail or manufacturing (preferred but not essential)
• Prior experience in private equity-backed businesses or M&A (preferred but not essential)

Location: Central London

Hybrid: 3 days PW in the office

Salary: £60,000 - £75,000 DOE + bonus