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Finance Business Partner: example job description

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Finance Business Partner

 

Location: City, Country

Location: Specify the exact location of the job. If the role offers flexibility, mention if it’s remote, hybrid, or on-site. Including location details helps attract local candidates and those willing to relocate.

Salary banding: €XX,XXX - €XX, XXX

Salary banding: Provide a clear and competitive salary range to attract more applicants. Roles that include a reasonable salary banding, tend to receive more interest. This transparency helps manage candidate expectations from the start.

Job overview

Our company is a recognised leader in our field, driven by innovation and offering excellent opportunities for growth within our dynamic organisation.

We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Business Partner to provide expert financial insight and strategic recommendations to support commercial decision making.

As Finance Business Partner, your role will involve strategic analysis, reporting, and partnering with multiple functions to drive decision support and identify opportunities for growth.

Working directly with senior leadership, you will drive business growth and improvements in financial performance that result from the right commercial business decisions being made.

Building strong internal and external relationships, your role will be pivotal in providing business partnership support to key functions within the organisation.

Working with an innovative and high-performing leadership team, this role offers fantastic opportunities for professional development.

This is an excellent opportunity to drive growth, increase profitability, manage costs, and support the investment decisions of a fast-growing organisation.

Job overview: Briefly describe your company and what makes it an exciting place to work. Highlight the main goals and impact of the Finance Business Partner role. This section sets the tone and helps potential candidates understand the importance of the position.

Key responsibilities

  • Deliver high-quality and timely financial insight to senior leadership that supports business growth, improvements in financial performance, and quality commercial decision-making
  • Drive all relevant financial planning, forecasting, budgeting and associated analytical processes
  • Support commercial decision-making across all business functions, proactively challenge & advise key stakeholders
  • Be responsible for modelling, reporting, and analysing strategic growth opportunities
  • Ensure maximum commercial value is obtained and all financial risks are mitigated, advising with contract negotiations and renewals.
  • Develop and maintain systems, ease of processes, financial reporting and data analysis that lead to performance excellence, transparency and efficient ways of working
  • Review and appraise business cases of all business investment initiatives and related activities and ensure monitoring is in place to measure achievement against targeted financial outcomes.

Job overview: Detail the primary responsibilities of the role. Focus on core duties that are essential to the job. Highlight tasks that impact the company's financial health and decision-making processes.

The skills you'll bring

  • Professional accounting qualification (ICAEW, CIMA, ACCA)
  • A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in finance roles. 
  • Proven expertise in profit and loss management. 
  • Exceptional analytical and problem-solving abilities. 
  • Ability to translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights. 
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. 
  • Demonstrated capability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment. 
  • Strong knowledge of IFRS and Financial Reporting
  • Understanding of financial controls and processes
  • Experience of Financial forecasting and planning
  • Experience managing teams
  • Good working knowledge of an ERP system (SAP preferable).

Skills & experience: Try to keep this section concise and focused on the essential skills and qualifications required for the role. Avoid listing every possible responsibility and instead, prioritise the most important ones. 

Integrate specific software and accounting standards used by your organisation. Emphasise hard skills and qualifications, including education, qualification, and relevant work experience. 

You can also split this section into ‘Essential’ and ‘Desirable’.

What sets our company apart

Our company is dedicated to providing a diverse and inclusive work environment where every team member can thrive. We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your overall well-being and professional growth, including:

  • Opportunity to earn up to X% annual bonus
  • Car allowance (€X annually)
  • Competitive Pension Scheme = we’ll match your contributions up to X%
  • Flexible working hours
  • Life Assurance (X times salary)
  • X days' holiday + bank holidays
  • Income protection
  • Flexible benefits scheme, with perks to choose from (including retail discounts, season ticket loans, Cycle To Work Scheme).
  • Employee Assistance Programme

 

We are committed to creating a collaborative, dynamic working environment with significant career development opportunities.

What sets our company apart: Use this section to showcase the unique benefits and perks your company offers.

Being specific about benefits can attract more candidates and set your job advert apart from others. Highlight benefits that contribute to employee well-being, professional development, and work-life balance.

This is also a good place to highlight your company values, opportunities for professional and any workplace credentials/awards that will showcase your Employee Value Proposition.

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