Finance Business Partner

insight to shape strategic projects-from building robust business cases and modelling investment returns to partnering with the CIO and IT teams on ~£10m of spend. You'll challenge project performance, explain variances, and highlight risks and opportunities, while keeping budgets, forecasts and long-term plans on track. With oversight of project accounting and fixed assets, you'll ensure accurate reporting, strong financial control, and clear guidance on key accounting decisions. You'll also track benefits, support efficiency plans and covenant compliance, and lead a Commercial Finance Analyst-making sure great ideas translate into measurable value. What you'll bring Essential

Qualified accountant, or equivalent relevant experience, with a strong background in management accounting and business partnering with budget holders
Strong stakeholder management skills, including the confidence to work with and challenge non-finance colleagues constructively
Proven experience of applying a range of investment appraisal techniques to support decision-making
Ability to build effective relationships, influence and challenge stakeholders, and improve commercial decision-making
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyse and present information clearly using tools such as Excel and PowerPoint
Strong attention to detail and the tenacity to work through complexity in order to deliver rigorous and meaningful insightDesirable
Experience of SAP
Experience of working in retail or a similar industry#CVL