Finance Business Partner

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join and play a pivotal role in a large-scale digital transformation programme within a global, private equity-backed organisation.

Working directly with the CFO and partnering closely with the CIO and senior technology leadership team, this is a high-profile position that sits at the heart of a business-wide transformation agenda. Over the next 12-18 months, the organisation will be carving out and implementing a standalone technology landscape, creating a unique opportunity to influence strategic investment decisions, major technology programmes, vendor negotiations, and operating model design.

This role is ideally suited to a finance professional who understands both the numbers and the technology, and who is comfortable engaging with architects, engineering teams, procurement, operations, and executive stakeholders across a global business.

What you'll be doing:

• Act as the strategic finance lead for the Digital and Technology function, partnering closely with the CIO and wider leadership team.
• Support a major transformation programme involving the separation and creation of a standalone technology environment.
• Provide financial oversight across a complex technology estate consisting of 1,000+ applications, cloud infrastructure, software licensing, digital programmes, and vendor relationships.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning, scenario modelling, and investment appraisal activities for the technology function.
• Develop business cases and ROI models for strategic technology investments and transformation initiatives.
• Drive financial governance across technology spend, including Capex, Opex, cloud costs, infrastructure, software, and programme expenditure.
• Partner with procurement and operational teams on major supplier negotiations, contracts, tenders, and commercial agreements.
• Deliver meaningful financial insight that supports decision-making across technology, operations, and senior leadership teams.
• Monitor transformation benefits realisation, cost optimisation opportunities, and value creation initiatives.
• Support executive-level presentations and investment recommendations.

What we're looking for:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Significant experience in FP&A, commercial finance, business partnering, or digital finance leadership roles.
• Experience working within a PE-backed business environment ideal
• Proven involvement in large-scale transformation, carve-out, separation, or major change programmes.
• Strong understanding of technology cost drivers including cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, application portfolios, managed services, and software licensing.
• Experience supporting CIOs, technology leadership teams, or digital functions.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating contracts, supplier agreements, and tender processes.
• Exposure to global organisations and experience operating across multiple regions and stakeholder groups.
• Excellent financial modelling, forecasting, and investment appraisal capabilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both finance and technical audiences, understanding technology terminology and operating models.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the confidence to challenge, influence, and support senior executives.

Why Join?

• High-visibility role with direct exposure to the CFO, CIO, and executive leadership team.
• Opportunity to influence a significant digital transformation programme from inception through delivery.
• Work across architecture, engineering, operations, procurement, and technology leadership functions.
• Play a key role in shaping the future technology landscape of a global organisation.
• Significant scope to drive value creation, cost optimisation, and strategic decision-making during a critical period of change.

Please note our advertisements use PQE/salary levels purely as a guide. However, we are happy to consider applications from all candidates who are able to demonstrate the skills necessary to fulfil the role.

Please note that your personal information will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy.