Finance Business Partner

Grant Thornton UK LLP

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Grant Thornton UK LLP is part of a global network of independent audit, tax and advisory firms, made up of some 58,000 people in over 135 countries. We're a team of independent thinkers who put quality, inclusion and integrity first. All around the world we bring a different experience to our clients. A better experience. One that delivers the expertise they need in a way that goes beyond. Personal, proactive, and agile. That's Grant Thornton. Every day our teams help people in businesses and communities to do what is right and achieve their goals. As a Finance Business Partner, you will partner with business leaders and cost owners to turn financial data into commercial insight. You will support their decision-making, help them understand their financial performance and levers for improvement, and drive delivery of actions that strengthen results—leveraging automation and offshore support for routine tasks. We’re happy to talk flexible working and consider reduced hours and job shares, we’ll support you to balance your work and life.

Requirements

Finance Business Partnering experience.
Qualified or part-qualified accountant (or equivalent experience) with relevant management accounting / FP&A / business partnering background.
Strong analytical skills (Excel/modelling) and ability to use dashboards/BI to generate insight quickly.
Good business partnering behaviours: curiosity, constructive challenge, and ability to influence without authority.
Comfort with AI-enabled ways of working: drafting, summarising, and checking outputs with appropriate validation.

Responsibilities

Maintain driver-based forecasts; identify gaps to plan and propose actions (pricing, capacity, cost, delivery).
Interpret results and explain the “so what”; focus on trend, mix, and leading indicators, not just retrospective variance.
Support fee proposals, contract/margin assessments, and post-deal tracking; highlight risks in scope, recovery, and resourcing.
Oversee WIP/debt hygiene via exception reporting; escalate issues and agree interventions with owners.
Identify recurring requests suitable for automation; help define standard packs, templates, and data definitions.
Deliver results to key stakeholders with clear added value messages.
Guide Assistant FBPs and analysts; review their outputs and develop their commercial awareness.