Location
London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
Mace combines construction expertise with consultancy to unlock potential in every person or project and redefine the boundaries of ambition. We are seeking an experienced and commercially focused Senior Finance Business Partner to support our Enabling Functions, partnering with leaders across People, Digital, Finance, Marketing, Legal and Corporate Services. Operating as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, you will provide financial leadership, challenge and insight to support strategic decision making and maximise value creation. You will lead budgeting, forecasting and performance management across the functional cost base, driving transparency, accountability and continuous improvement.

This role requires a highly capable finance professional who can operate independently, influence stakeholders at all levels and proactively identify opportunities to improve performance and financial decision making. You will challenge existing ways of working, implement improvements and act as a catalyst for change across both Finance and the wider business.

Key responsibilities include:
- Acting as the primary finance lead for designated Enabling Functions with a high degree of autonomy
- Building strong relationships with senior stakeholders and acting as a trusted advisor
- Supporting strategic decision making through commercial insight, financial analysis and robust challenge
- Influencing decision making by providing objective recommendations and constructive challenge to investment decisions, business cases and expenditure proposals
- Proactively identifying and helping leaders understand financial performance, risks, opportunities and strategic challenges
- Driving cost transparency and accountability, linking expenditure to strategic priorities and measurable outcomes
- Directing annual budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning processes for enabling functions
- Implementing and maintaining zero-based budgeting principles, challenging spend requirements and ensuring effective resource allocation
- Delivering timely, accurate and insightful management information and performance reporting
- Analysing actual performance against budget and forecast with clear commentary and actionable recommendations
- Monitoring key cost drivers, workforce trends and supplier expenditure
- Identifying and tracking productivity, efficiency and optimisation opportunities
- Developing robust financial models, forecasts, scenario analysis and sensitivity assessments to support strategic decision making
- Evaluating strategic initiatives, transformation programmes and investment opportunities
- Directing financial assessment of business cases including ROI and value creation analysis
- Assessing financial, cash flow and working capital implications of investment decisions and operating model changes
- Presenting financial recommendations confidently to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
- Providing ad-hoc commercial analysis to support key business decisions and strategic initiatives
- Proactively identifying opportunities to improve financial planning, reporting and control processes
- Simplifying, standardising and automating financial activities to improve efficiency and insight
- Driving adoption of best-practice budgeting, forecasting and reporting methodologies
- Leveraging technology, systems and data analytics to improve reporting capabilities and decision-making effectiveness
- Establishing and monitoring KPIs to improve financial visibility, accountability and operational performance

Experience
- Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Minimum five years post qualification experience in Finance Business Partnering, FP&A, Commercial Finance or related roles
- Proven ability to operate independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast paced, complex environment
- Experience managing significant indirect cost bases, shared services or corporate functions
- Strong understanding of overhead management, cost allocation methodologies and recharge models
- Experience implementing zero-based budgeting, cost transformation or efficiency programmes
- Commercial understanding of the relationship between P&L performance, cash generation and working capital
- Advanced financial modelling, forecasting and scenario planning skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with excellent attention to detail
- Experience operating in a private equity backed or performance focused environment
- Experience using Oracle and TM1

About you
You are a highly capable finance professional who can influence stakeholders at all levels and proactively identify opportunities to improve financial performance and decision making. You are confident in challenging existing ways of working and driving change. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are motivated by delivering value and continuous improvement.

Qualifications
Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) is essential for this role.