Finance Business Partner
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Job Description: The Finance Business Partner role is a high-impact position within a leading media intelligence company, responsible for providing critical financial insights to support strategic decision-making across various teams. Reporting directly to the CEO and CFO, the role involves financial planning, analysis, and optimization to drive sustainable growth and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have experience in FP&A and commercial finance, particularly within subscription-based models. This position offers a blend of office and remote work options in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across key business units
- Analyse pricing, contract profitability, CLV, and revenue trends
- Support business cases for new product development and international expansion
- Monitor KPIs including churn, CAC, retention, and revenue per client
- Work with sales to evaluate deal structures and revenue opportunities
- Drive profitability analysis across products, clients, and regions
- Assess ROI on client acquisition and marketing strategies
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition aligned with IFRS
- Provide financial input for renewals and pricing strategies
- Identify cost-saving opportunities in operations and technology spend
- Support procurement with vendor negotiations and contract evaluation
- Promote automation of financial reporting processes
Skills Required:
- Proven experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering
- Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS revenue models
- Strong financial modelling and data analysis skills
- Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Dynamics, or HubSpot
- Ability to communicate financial insights to non-finance stakeholders
- Bachelors degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA, CFA, or CIMA preferred
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
A long-established leader in media intelligence, equipping over 3,500 organisations worldwide with the insights they need to make informed, data-driven decisions is looking for a Finance Business Partner. Operating since 1984, they serve a diverse client base across multiple sectors, helping PR and communications professionals become tech-enabled and insight-led. You will be reporting directly to the CEO and CFO in this high-impact role that supports strategic decision-making across commercial, product, and operational teams. You will provide critical financial insight, enabling sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and commercial success.
Key Responsibilities
As Finance Business Partner
- Strategic Finance & Partnering
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across key business units
- Analyse pricing, contract profitability, CLV, and revenue trends
- Support business cases for new product development and international expansion
- Performance & Revenue Optimization
- Monitor KPIs including churn, CAC, retention, and revenue per client
- Work with sales to evaluate deal structures and revenue opportunities
- Drive profitability analysis across products, clients, and regions
- Commercial Finance Support
- Assess ROI on client acquisition and marketing strategies
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition aligned with IFRS
- Provide financial input for renewals and pricing strategies
- Cost Management & Efficiency
- Identify cost-saving opportunities in operations and technology spend
- Support procurement with vendor negotiations and contract evaluation
- Promote automation of financial reporting processes
Were looking for a Finance Business Partner with:
- Proven experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering
- Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS revenue models
- Strong financial modelling and data analysis skills
- Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Dynamics, or HubSpot
- Ability to communicate financial insights to non-finance stakeholders
- Bachelors degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA, CFA, or CIMA preferred
This role can either be based at the Waterloo or Clapham Offices with an option of working from home one day a week. This is an excellent opportunity to work at the strategic core of a forward-thinking, global business. If youre commercially minded, data-driven, and ready to influence decision-making at the highest level, wed love to hear from you.
To apply for this role as Finance Business Partner, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV. Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.
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London, England, United Kingdom
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Job Description: The Finance Business Partner role is a high-impact position within a leading media intelligence company, responsible for providing critical financial insights to support strategic decision-making across various teams. Reporting directly to the CEO and CFO, the role involves financial planning, analysis, and optimization to drive sustainable growth and operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will have experience in FP&A and commercial finance, particularly within subscription-based models. This position offers a blend of office and remote work options in London.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across key business units
- Analyse pricing, contract profitability, CLV, and revenue trends
- Support business cases for new product development and international expansion
- Monitor KPIs including churn, CAC, retention, and revenue per client
- Work with sales to evaluate deal structures and revenue opportunities
- Drive profitability analysis across products, clients, and regions
- Assess ROI on client acquisition and marketing strategies
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition aligned with IFRS
- Provide financial input for renewals and pricing strategies
- Identify cost-saving opportunities in operations and technology spend
- Support procurement with vendor negotiations and contract evaluation
- Promote automation of financial reporting processes
Skills Required:
- Proven experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering
- Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS revenue models
- Strong financial modelling and data analysis skills
- Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Dynamics, or HubSpot
- Ability to communicate financial insights to non-finance stakeholders
- Bachelors degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA, CFA, or CIMA preferred
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
A long-established leader in media intelligence, equipping over 3,500 organisations worldwide with the insights they need to make informed, data-driven decisions is looking for a Finance Business Partner. Operating since 1984, they serve a diverse client base across multiple sectors, helping PR and communications professionals become tech-enabled and insight-led. You will be reporting directly to the CEO and CFO in this high-impact role that supports strategic decision-making across commercial, product, and operational teams. You will provide critical financial insight, enabling sustainable growth, operational efficiency, and commercial success.
Key Responsibilities
As Finance Business Partner
- Strategic Finance & Partnering
- Lead financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting across key business units
- Analyse pricing, contract profitability, CLV, and revenue trends
- Support business cases for new product development and international expansion
- Performance & Revenue Optimization
- Monitor KPIs including churn, CAC, retention, and revenue per client
- Work with sales to evaluate deal structures and revenue opportunities
- Drive profitability analysis across products, clients, and regions
- Commercial Finance Support
- Assess ROI on client acquisition and marketing strategies
- Ensure accurate revenue recognition aligned with IFRS
- Provide financial input for renewals and pricing strategies
- Cost Management & Efficiency
- Identify cost-saving opportunities in operations and technology spend
- Support procurement with vendor negotiations and contract evaluation
- Promote automation of financial reporting processes
Were looking for a Finance Business Partner with:
- Proven experience in FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering
- Familiarity with subscription-based or SaaS revenue models
- Strong financial modelling and data analysis skills
- Proficiency in tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Dynamics, or HubSpot
- Ability to communicate financial insights to non-finance stakeholders
- Bachelors degree in finance, Accounting, or related field; MBA, CFA, or CIMA preferred
This role can either be based at the Waterloo or Clapham Offices with an option of working from home one day a week. This is an excellent opportunity to work at the strategic core of a forward-thinking, global business. If youre commercially minded, data-driven, and ready to influence decision-making at the highest level, wed love to hear from you.
To apply for this role as Finance Business Partner, please click apply online and upload an updated copy of your CV. Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.
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