Senior Finance Business Partner
| Posting date: | 21 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £52,415 to £57,905 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 07 December 2025 |
| Location: | London, UK |
| Remote working: | Fully remote |
| Company: | Alzheimer's Society |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 3285 |
Summary
What if your strategic insight and partnership could help transform how one of the UK's largest charity's makes financial decisions, empowering leaders across the organisation to create greater impact for people affected by dementia?
About the opportunity
As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll work alongside senior leaders across Alzheimer's Society, turning complex financial information into clear insights that support more informed decision-making.
In a role where every pound matters in the fight against dementia, you'll ensure our resources are directed where they can make the greatest difference. Whether that's funding groundbreaking research, delivering vital support services, or campaigning for systemic change. You'll build meaningful relationships, develop budget holders' capabilities, and offer challenge and support to help colleagues navigate financial complexity with clarity and purpose, empowering them to make decisions that maximise our impact for the 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK and their families.
You'll be part of our Finance & Assurance directorate, where our vision is to be the Society's single point of truth. Working within the Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis function, you'll connect Finance with the wider organisation, translating strategic plans into sound financial frameworks that enable our mission rather than holding it back.
This is also a people leadership role. You'll develop and manage a team of Finance Business Partners, creating an agile, high-performing culture where accountability and support go hand in hand. Together, you'll role-model best practice, share knowledge freely, and flex your resources to meet the changing needs of the Society throughout the year.
About you:
You're an experienced accountant with a track record of financial partnering at senior levels. You understand that excellent business partnering combines accurate numbers with storytelling, influencing, and helping others see the bigger picture. You're comfortable working across boundaries, challenging assumptions constructively, and coaching colleagues to strengthen their own financial knowledge.
You'll have:
CCAB qualification through education or demonstrable knowledge.
Significant experience strengthening financial capability across large or complex organisations, including developing training and coaching programmes.
A proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams, with strong focus on development and performance management.
Expert knowledge of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes and tools.
Substantial experience working with finance systems, particularly ERP systems (we use Unit4).
Experience driving quality improvement through data-driven metrics and reporting.
A track record of challenging assumptions and holding others accountable for their financial responsibilities.
What you'll focus on:
Partnering with senior leaders across the Society to provide insights and recommendations that support effective, informed decision-making.
Strengthening financial knowledge and confidence with budget holders through coaching, training programmes and partnership-based support.
Leading and developing a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners, building a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Working collaboratively across the Finance team to design intuitive reports and analysis that meet the needs of colleagues across the Society.
Building strong relationships with senior leaders to understand their strategic objectives, anticipate challenges and identify cost optimisation opportunities.
Using storytelling and creative approaches alongside data-driven analysis to communicate key financial messages effectively.
Are you ready to influence at senior levels, bringing both challenge and practical solutions?
Can you lead a team that's valued not just for their technical expertise, but for the partnership and insight they bring to every conversation?
Important Dates:
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 7th December 2025.
Interviews will take place across w/c 15th December 2025.
About the opportunity
As a Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll work alongside senior leaders across Alzheimer's Society, turning complex financial information into clear insights that support more informed decision-making.
In a role where every pound matters in the fight against dementia, you'll ensure our resources are directed where they can make the greatest difference. Whether that's funding groundbreaking research, delivering vital support services, or campaigning for systemic change. You'll build meaningful relationships, develop budget holders' capabilities, and offer challenge and support to help colleagues navigate financial complexity with clarity and purpose, empowering them to make decisions that maximise our impact for the 900,000 people living with dementia in the UK and their families.
You'll be part of our Finance & Assurance directorate, where our vision is to be the Society's single point of truth. Working within the Financial Partnering, Planning & Analysis function, you'll connect Finance with the wider organisation, translating strategic plans into sound financial frameworks that enable our mission rather than holding it back.
This is also a people leadership role. You'll develop and manage a team of Finance Business Partners, creating an agile, high-performing culture where accountability and support go hand in hand. Together, you'll role-model best practice, share knowledge freely, and flex your resources to meet the changing needs of the Society throughout the year.
About you:
You're an experienced accountant with a track record of financial partnering at senior levels. You understand that excellent business partnering combines accurate numbers with storytelling, influencing, and helping others see the bigger picture. You're comfortable working across boundaries, challenging assumptions constructively, and coaching colleagues to strengthen their own financial knowledge.
You'll have:
CCAB qualification through education or demonstrable knowledge.
Significant experience strengthening financial capability across large or complex organisations, including developing training and coaching programmes.
A proven track record of building and leading high-performing teams, with strong focus on development and performance management.
Expert knowledge of financial planning, budgeting and forecasting processes and tools.
Substantial experience working with finance systems, particularly ERP systems (we use Unit4).
Experience driving quality improvement through data-driven metrics and reporting.
A track record of challenging assumptions and holding others accountable for their financial responsibilities.
What you'll focus on:
Partnering with senior leaders across the Society to provide insights and recommendations that support effective, informed decision-making.
Strengthening financial knowledge and confidence with budget holders through coaching, training programmes and partnership-based support.
Leading and developing a high-performing team of Finance Business Partners, building a culture of accountability, collaboration and continuous improvement.
Working collaboratively across the Finance team to design intuitive reports and analysis that meet the needs of colleagues across the Society.
Building strong relationships with senior leaders to understand their strategic objectives, anticipate challenges and identify cost optimisation opportunities.
Using storytelling and creative approaches alongside data-driven analysis to communicate key financial messages effectively.
Are you ready to influence at senior levels, bringing both challenge and practical solutions?
Can you lead a team that's valued not just for their technical expertise, but for the partnership and insight they bring to every conversation?
Important Dates:
The deadline for applications is 23:59 on Sunday 7th December 2025.
Interviews will take place across w/c 15th December 2025.