Senior Finance Business Partner

We are Lenvi and we are passionately committed to becoming the go-to credit and analytics platform in our chosen markets.  

We service a range of clients in the UK, Europe and the United States providing lending platforms and analytics capabilities to both commercial and consumer-focused lending businesses across a range of asset classes including invoice discounting, retail finance, unsecured lending, SME funding and mortgages.

Our Values Statement

We epitomise the values of being bold, insightful, energetic, and curious. Embracing calculated risks, thinking deeply, bringing enthusiasm, and constantly seeking knowledge. These values fuel our innovative spirit, drive our growth, and enable us to make a positive impact on our stakeholders.

The Role

We’re looking for a proactive, hands-on finance professional eager to make a real impact. Reporting to the Finance Director, you’ll be a trusted business partner, supporting senior leadership with financial and commercial insights to drive growth.

The right individual will be technically strong (from an accounting standards perspective), excellent in excel, and experienced at forecasting and putting together presentations for a board.

The key deliverables being:

• Supporting the FD in answering urgent finance queries from our board, shareholders and management team

• Join in with key Technical Accounting decisions – Review the financial modelling outputs and provide insight under both UKGAAP and IFRS

• Prepare new business proposals – Manage approvals for new business/renewals and support customer presentations.

• Partner with the Lenvi Senior Leadership team and Finance team – Ensure resource capacity meets commercial performance needs, ensuring the requirements of HR and Compliance are covered.

• Review & improve performance – Analyse actual vs. forecast, take action, and support decisions.

• Provide clear reporting – Deliver timely insights to track and enhance commercial performance.

• Lead & develop team members and colleagues – Support colleagues to excel and provide top-tier finance partnership.

What you will be doing:

• Leading the team in improving the maintenance of and reconciliation between the UKGAAP and IFRS accounting models

• Managing internal proposals for new business/renewals, securing approvals and preparing customer presentations.

• Reviewing commercial performance, taking corrective action, and providing decision support while engaging relevant teams.

• Analysing competitor activity and financial performance to identify risks and opportunities.

• Improving processes and systems to support commercial and financial goals, preventing revenue loss.

• Leading and developing the team to ensure high performance and excellent Finance Business Partner support.

What we are looking for from you:

• Qualified & Experienced – Degree, and accounting qualification with post-qualification experience, including strong technical accounting skills, ideally in both UKGAAP & IFRS.

• Finance Business Partnering – Proven experience in a business-facing finance role with adaptability to change.

• Proactive Mindset – We are looking for someone who spots unexpected consequences, and flags or investigates them, who checks carefully for errors before issuing work

• Analytical excellence – you will be able to demonstrate your excel and modelling capability from day 1

• Commercial Acumen – Analyse and challenge performance, investments, and strategic plans.

• Strong Leadership – Ability to collaborate, and follow a task through to completion without being chased

• Relationship Builder – Support and challenge colleagues constructively across functions.

• Risk & Trend Analysis – Use data to assess risks and balance commercial priorities.

• Stakeholder Management – Handle sensitive issues with confidence and discretion.

In return, we offer a great package that will include hybrid working (expectation minimum 3 days per week in our Leeds Head Office or Reading Office).

What you will get in return

• Save For Your Future - Equiniti Pension Plan; Equiniti matches your pension contributions up to 10%

• All Employee Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) – Gives all EQ Colleagues the opportunity to benefit if the current owners successfully sell the company for a profit.

• Health and Wellbeing – Employee Assistance Programme: counselling, legal & wellbeing support for colleagues and their households. Life assurance cover at 4x salary with the ability to purchase enhance cover.

• Flexible Benefits – The ability to purchase a wide variety of benefits through our flex plan; gadgets, travel insurance, will writing, holiday trading and more. Time Off – Typically 28 days holiday + bank holidays. 2 volunteer days to get involved with a charity of your choosing.

• Winning together – Equiniti ICON award vouchers; recognising the individuals going above and beyond to help the business succeed.

Our Diversity Statement

At Lenvi we encourage individuals from all walks of life, without exception, to join our team. We know diversity fuels innovation and creativity, so we welcome applications from anyone, with any background.

Please note: Any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory pre-employment screening checks. These checks consist of 5-year activity referencing & GAP verification, DBS or Access NI, Credit, Sanctions & CIFAS checks.