Senior Finance Business Partner

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Reporting to: Head of FP&A and Commercial Finance
Location: 2 days per week in the office (London). May be required to travel to Bristol

About Us

We are GAIN, GAIN is a creative-led, insight-driven company that blends data, technology, and creativity. We shape bold strategies that move people, brands, and businesses forward. Seeing beyond the expected, unlocking potential, and delivering real results that inspire change. We work with many clients globally, including KFC, Tilda Rice, Microsoft, BlackRock, BBC, Amazon, L'Oreal, HSBC, Tesco, and Charles Tyrwhitt.

The Right Candidate

The right candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in influencing strategic decisions of a business using a variety of data sources to back up recommendations and analysis. They will ideally have a background in private equity (not a requirement) and are used to a dynamic business environment where problem-solving and process implementation are attractive challenges. The candidate will be comfortable using large datasets to produce complex models which will support their understanding and forecasting of the Business Unit.

Responsibilities:

The Senior Finance Business Partner plays a strategic role in driving business performance by providing insightful financial analysis, forecasting, and decision support. Partnering with business leaders across functions, this role ensures alignment between financial planning and operational execution, delivering value through data-driven insights. Where there are gaps in processes, the SFBP will highlight them and provide potential solutions.

The role will include:

• Month-end processing and analysis

• Accruals/Prepayments/WIP/Deferred postings

• BS reconciliations

• Production of departmental management accounts before presentations to CFO/Head of FP&A

• Forecasting

• Annual Budget

• Monthly rolling forecasts

• Business partnering financial & non-financial stakeholders

• Scenario Planning

• Ad hoc analysis required by Business Unit

• Commercial Analysis (Client profitability, resource utilisation, etc)

• Capex & Investment Committee papers/business cases

Requirements

Required Experience

• 5+ Years PQE (ACA/CIMA/ACCA)

• Experience business partnering Senior Leadership Teams

• Experience using large datasets

Skills

• Strong Excel modelling and data-driven skills

• Good communication and presentation skills

• Ability to influence senior stakeholders

• Have a strategic and commercial mindset

• Strong organisational skills

How you'll work:

Constant curiosity

Pushing boundaries

The power of our imagination

Making it happen

Putting people first

Benefits

Our benefits for UK employees include:

• Private Medical Insurance

• BUPA Life Assurance

• Income protection

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme

• Tech & Wearables salary sacrifice scheme

• Octopus EV Scheme

• Discounts and deals on a range of items from hotels, holidays and hormone testing to cinema, gyms and will writing.

Interview Adjustments - We will do everything possible to create the best experience for candidates, however we appreciate interviews can be challenging. So, please let us know if we can make any adjustments to make you more comfortable or confident.

Right to work in the UK - please note that all candidates must have the right to work in the UK and must not require sponsorship, now or in the future. We are unable to support visa applications for this role.

GAIN is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity.