Finance Business Partner

Change your job, change your workplace, change your future

Ricoh is seeking a high impact Finance Business Partner to support our Commercial Finance teams in London. This role is central to strengthening our commercial finance capability providing clear, actionable insight that drives profitability, cost discipline, and strategic decision making across the organisation.

As a key business partner, you will convert complex financial data into meaningful analysis, deliver end to end forecasting rigour, and ensure full visibility of financial performance, risk and opportunity. This is a role for someone who thrives in a dynamic, changing environment and who can confidently challenge, influence, and add value.

Ricoh transforms organisations, using innovative technologies and services enabling you as an individual to work smarter. This is what we call "empowering digital workplaces".

In fact the entire Ricoh workforce enjoys our pioneering and innovative ways of working. We like to call it: imagine. change., it's the ethos of our brand and how we drive positive change for ourselves and others. Our teams are embracing change, fostering new ways of working and we have never been more resolute in our mission - "you work for us, and we ll work for you".

What you will be doing

Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted finance advisor to Commercial Finance teams, providing high quality financial insight, scenario analysis, and performance recommendations.
• Own the monthly reporting cycle, delivering accurate variance analysis, margin bridges, and insightful performance commentary.
• Lead the forecasting process, ensuring alignment between pipeline activity, revenue expectations, margin drivers, and rebate exposure.
• Proactively challenge assumptions, identify drivers of performance, and highlight risks and opportunities to enhance profitability.

Cost Management & Governance

• Manage and maintain expense governance, including monthly tracking, variance analysis, and forward looking forecast updates with clear narrative.
• Ensure spend remains aligned with budget parameters, escalating inefficiencies or overspend with actionable recommendations.
• Support investment cases for marketing and other initiatives, including ROI modelling and risk assessment.
• Spot cost leakage, duplication, or underperforming activity and provide clear, data driven insight to influence decision making.

You will ideally bring

• Degree level education, ideally in Finance, Business, Economics or related disciplines.
• Professional qualification ACCA / CIMA (or equivalent) with strong experience in management accounting, commercial analysis, or finance business partnering.
• Demonstrated experience in developing or enhancing reporting and management information systems.
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to translate analysis into practical, value adding recommendations.
• Proven credibility engaging senior stakeholders across complex, matrixed or large scale organisations.
• Highly organised, resilient, and comfortable working under pressure to demanding timelines.
• Excellent communication skills, with strong command of written and spoken English; additional languages advantageous.
• Confident user of M365, ERP systems (e.g., Oracle) and ideally Power BI.

In return for your commitment, you can expect

• A competitive salary package
• Industry leading benefits

Ricoh is an exceptional place to work. A place where there is strong emphasis on career development for the right individuals. This is a role where you can excel within a fast paced environment and succeed within a thriving organisation.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a global company where you can truly capitalise and build on your own experience.

Ready to make that change? Apply now for a confidential conversation with our Recruitment Team.

We are an equal opportunities employer

At Ricoh, we embrace and respect the collective and unique talents, experience, and perspectives of all people. Together we inspire remarkable innovation. That's how we live the Ricoh Way.

Ricoh have removed the disclosure of convictions box from their application process (ban the box - ) offering equal opportunities to all.

For all roles, we will judge each individual on their skills and ability before taking into account their history. However some roles are subject to sensitive and restrictive information and, if successful, you may be required to undertake pre employment vetting checks which include but are not limited to residency check, credit reference check, financial sanctions check and a DBS Check. Further information on Employment Vetting can be accessed by contacting the Ricoh Recruitment Team.