Finance Business Partner
| Posting date: | 20 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 July 2025 |
| Location: | Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | ISS Facilities Services |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 145398 |
Summary
Finance Business Partner
Location: Stoke on Trent, ST1 5PZ
Hours of work: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
As Finance Business Partner, you will take a leading role in driving commercial insight and financial strategy across a portfolio of key accounts with our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK.
With the scale and scope of our client, this role offers a genuine opportunity for progression, influence, and impact.
Job Description
Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll provide real-time analysis, challenge assumptions, and deliver the tools that enable informed decision-making at all levels of the business.
You will take full ownership of commercial pricing activity across your area, including new bids and contract retentions, working collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure competitiveness while managing risk and safeguarding long-term value creation for the client.
You will be responsible for end-to-end financial oversight across the contract, reporting all contractual and financial matters to internal leadership and the client team, while playing a critical role in supporting the wider business strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with teams, stakeholders, and partners to support service delivery and commercial decision-making
Support the business in contract negotiations, pricing execution, and driving process improvements
Ensure adherence to customer contract governance, including clear reporting, action tracking, and risk mitigation
Identify and help close performance and compliance gaps, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasting
Support governance processes, working closely with Procurement to optimise supplier agreements and maintenance schedules
Assist the Senior Finance Business Partner and Key Account Managers with strategic planning and commercial performance tracking
Contribute to period-end and year-end reporting, support audit requests, and improve processes across the finance function
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Qualified or Part Qualified (CA, CIMA, ACCA) with commercial finance experience in a service contract environment
Strong client-facing background with proven communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Proactive, professional, and adaptable with a positive attitude towards change
Confident working independently, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
Highly numerate and detail-focused with strong problem-solving skills
Advanced IT skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and financial systems
Location: Stoke on Trent, ST1 5PZ
Hours of work: 37.5
Contract Type: Permanent
As Finance Business Partner, you will take a leading role in driving commercial insight and financial strategy across a portfolio of key accounts with our client, a leading provider of facilities services in the UK.
With the scale and scope of our client, this role offers a genuine opportunity for progression, influence, and impact.
Job Description
Acting as a trusted advisor, you’ll provide real-time analysis, challenge assumptions, and deliver the tools that enable informed decision-making at all levels of the business.
You will take full ownership of commercial pricing activity across your area, including new bids and contract retentions, working collaboratively with stakeholders to ensure competitiveness while managing risk and safeguarding long-term value creation for the client.
You will be responsible for end-to-end financial oversight across the contract, reporting all contractual and financial matters to internal leadership and the client team, while playing a critical role in supporting the wider business strategy.
Key Responsibilities
Develop and maintain strong working relationships with teams, stakeholders, and partners to support service delivery and commercial decision-making
Support the business in contract negotiations, pricing execution, and driving process improvements
Ensure adherence to customer contract governance, including clear reporting, action tracking, and risk mitigation
Identify and help close performance and compliance gaps, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting and forecasting
Support governance processes, working closely with Procurement to optimise supplier agreements and maintenance schedules
Assist the Senior Finance Business Partner and Key Account Managers with strategic planning and commercial performance tracking
Contribute to period-end and year-end reporting, support audit requests, and improve processes across the finance function
Professional and Personal Competencies/Qualifications
Qualified or Part Qualified (CA, CIMA, ACCA) with commercial finance experience in a service contract environment
Strong client-facing background with proven communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Proactive, professional, and adaptable with a positive attitude towards change
Confident working independently, with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks
Highly numerate and detail-focused with strong problem-solving skills
Advanced IT skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and financial systems
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