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Senior Finance Business Partner

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Senior Finance Business Partner

  1. Permanent
Up to £60,000 per annum
293454

Leeds, West Yorkshire

The details

Marks Sattin are partnering with a global, market‑leading organisation to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner into a pivotal leadership role within their finance function.

This is a highly visible opportunity for a commercially driven finance professional who enjoys influencing decision‑making, developing teams and driving performance across a complex, fast‑paced environment.

The opportunity

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across multiple functions, delivering insight that genuinely shapes commercial outcomes. You'll play a critical role in evolving FP&A support, strengthening financial control and improving margins and efficiencies across the business.

This role also offers people leadership responsibility, with line management of two direct reports and a clear mandate to build capability, succession and a high‑performing team culture.

Key responsibilities

  • Build and maintain strong partnerships with senior stakeholders across the business
  • Provide timely, accurate and insightful financial information to support effective decision‑making
  • Evolve and enhance FP&A and commercial finance support, increasing value and impact
  • Constructively challenge stakeholders to drive margin improvement and operational efficiency
  • Line manage, coach and develop a team including a Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant
  • Own learning & development plans, succession planning and team engagement
  • Identify and manage balance sheet risks and opportunities
  • Act as super user for a newly implemented consolidation sysyem
  • Support the Financial Controller in strengthening financial processes, controls and efficiencies
  • Oversee and approve vendor payment runs and payroll, ensuring accuracy and compliance
  • Act as the key point of contact for internal and external audit
  • Deputise for the Financial Controller where required

About you

You'll be a confident and commercially astute finance professional, comfortable operating at senior level and influencing decision‑making across the business.

You're likely to bring:

  • A recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
  • Experience in a Senior Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager Senior Finance Business Partner or Finance Manager role
  • Proven people management experience, with a track record of developing teams
  • Strong systems experience, ideally SAP or a similar ERP
  • Advanced Excel and strong overall IT capability
  • Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to challenge and support senior stakeholders
  • High attention to detail, strong organisation skills and a commitment to continuous improvement

Why apply?

This role offers the opportunity to step into a genuine finance leadership position within a well‑established, international organisation, where you'll have real influence, senior stakeholder exposure and the chance to make a measurable commercial impact.

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