A fantastic opportunity to join PE-backed buy and build business as Senior Finance Business Partner supporting a high growth region - please note, we can only accept applications from candidates able to join by 1/6/26.

PURPOSE OF ROLE - to be the key partner to the regional leadership team, covering all aspects of financial reporting/analysis and ensuring the leadership team (both the regional and group) fully understand the performance within the region. This will require interaction with multiple functions/teams across the group, in order to deliver a fully informed and integrated approach to this role.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage the regional finance team (e.g. Finance Business Partner and Finance Analyst) to ensure all duties and responsibilities are met across the team
• Ensure all duties and responsibilities of the regional finance team are delivered in line with agreed timeframes and expected standards.
• Support Regional Senior Management to ensure they are fully informed of their financial results and KPI's, along with adhoc analysis and projects.
• Support Group Senior Management (e.g. Group CEO, CFO, COO, etc.) to ensure they are fully informed of the financial results and KPI's, along with adhoc analysis and projects.
• Liaise appropriately with Central / Group functions to meet objectives across the wider Group.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES - in conjunction with the FBP, deliver the following:

• Regionally specific finance management - Month end delivery with ownership across P&L, Balance sheet and Cash flow analysis. Ensure that all routine management information is produced in line with agreed timetable.
• Ensure delivery of narrative packs to senior management and other relevant stakeholders. Challenge and raise key trends and variances where appropriate.
• Review and report accurate and consistent operational KPI's, as defined by the business.
• Ensure integrity of financials for specific regions and entities is maintained. This includes accurate nominal postings, fully backed up Balance sheet reconciliations, monthly analysis and reporting of budget variances, appropriate accounting treatment across each category.
• Review and maintain data integrity across all systems, including data held outside of the primary ledgers (such as within a data warehouse).
• Manage key control accounts. Trade Debtors - work with local Directors to ensure each balance is being managed and collected. Aged Creditors - work with Accounts Payable team to ensure invoice management is up to date and managed within specific entities.
• Manage, review and submit specific entities quarterly VAT returns.
• Acquisitions. Manage post deal integration of financials. Includes Balance sheet review (passed across from Group Finance), review and update relevant budget template for consolidation, liaise (where applicable) with legacy finance team on handover.
• Work smartly and efficiently with other Group functions to help meet objectives across the wider Group.
• Embrace a culture of learning, development and improvement by regularly liaising with colleagues in the finance team and implementing and standardising best practice across the finance function.
• Internal / External audit support (Balance sheet recs / Income Rec / monthly schedules).
• Involvement in Adhoc Project work and tasks that could be Group or Regionally related.
• Perform any other duties which from time to time may be required to ensure the smooth running of the group.