Finance Business Partner (FTC)

Posted: 08/01/2025 - Application Deadline: -

About Baringa:
We set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm - creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You'll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick - slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

As a Certified B Corporation, we've proven that we've built social and environmental good into every bit of what we do.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

Our Finance team are looking for an experienced Finance Business Partner to join the team on an FTC basis.

As a Sector Finance Business Partner at Baringa, you will be a proactive and engaging finance professional, passionate about client service and relationship management. You will drive commercial value by delivering timely, data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions, while also supporting ad hoc projects and bids. Additionally, you will support the FP&A team in delivery of forecasting and planning for the sector to ensure strong financial oversight and future readiness.

What you will be doing

• Act as the visible 'face of finance,' building strong relationships with sector leadership and teams while partnering with sector and business unit leads to drive commercial value.
• Support the FP&A team in delivery of forecasting and planning for the sector, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and financial targets.
• Explain financial performance by delivering impactful insights and drawing connections between financial data and sector strategies. Ask key "so what " questions to inform decision-making.
• Conduct client reviews, including deep dives into margin and bill rates, to enhance commercial outcomes.
• Support scenario and sensitivity analysis to inform strategic planning and mitigate risks.
• Ensure key messages land when presenting finance to non-finance individuals, helping drive better understanding and engagement.
• Build commercial awareness in the sectors by delivering training, particularly for project managers. Emphasise the commercial impact of operational excellence across project lifecycles (e.g., client & project setup, PO setup, time recording, fixed price revenue recognition, WIP, invoicing, and cash collection).
• Prepare and review sector and BU highlight emails, management account commentary, and commercial executive pack inputs.
• Review BU expenditure, T&M, and capped T&M to identify risks and opportunities for optimisation.
• Collaborate with business partners across Baringa Enablement (People, Staffing & Utilisation, Sector Business Managers, Legal, etc.) to deliver a premium business partnering service.

Your skills and experience

• Qualified accountant (5+ years post qualified).
• Strong knowledge of accounting processes gained in professional services organisations.
• Commercially focused approach.
• Exceptional communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Resilient & committed, able to operate in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• Confident and mature stakeholder management skills.

What a career at Baringa will give you
Putting People First.
Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: All our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund: We've introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion.
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture.

Join us
All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background.