Finance Business Partner

About Us

We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.

Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.

We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!

About the Role

We are looking for a dynamic and commercially astute Finance Business Partner to join our team. You will be the key link between the finance department and operational business units, providing strategic and financial insights to drive decision-making and improve business performance. This role requires strong analytical skills, excellent communication, and a proactive approach to support the continued growth and success of BJSS.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): Support the budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes across various business units. Provide detailed commentary and analysis on any variances to budget and forecast, identifying key trends and underlying causes. Collaborate with the operational teams to develop action plans to address variances and improve financial performance, while continuously refining the forecasting process to enhance predictability and strategic decision-making.

Business Partnering: Work closely with operational teams and leadership to provide financial insights, analysis and advice to guide decision-making and strategy execution.

Cost Management: Provide cost analysis, help manage budgets and identify areas for improvement or cost savings within projects and operational activities.

Revenue Assurance: Collaborate with Delivery and Client Service Leads to track and report on financials, ensuring revenue recognition, profitability analysis and margin tracking are aligned with company objectives.

Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance financial processes, systems and reporting to improve efficiency and accuracy in financial management and decision-making.

Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with internal stakeholders across different teams (IT, Operations, HR and Commercial) to align financial planning with business objectives and strategies.

About You

Qualifications and experience required for this role:

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) or equivalent
• Proven experience in a finance business partnering role within a tech, consulting or similar environment
• Strong financial modelling and analysis capabilities with a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to understand and interpret business drivers and translate them into financial outcomes and recommendations
• Strong proficiency in Excel. Experience with Sales Force would be beneficial
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders
• A self-starter with a hands-on approach and the ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Ability to build strong relationships and influence across multiple teams and levels within the organisation

Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual’s need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can choose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme