Job title: Senior Finance Business Partner
Job type: Permanent
Emp type: Full-time
Industry: Finance & Accounting
Functional Expertise: Finance & Accounting
Salary type: Annual
Salary: negotiable
Location: Bristol, UK
Job published: 05/08/2026
Job ID: 53501
Contact name: Louis Cordice
Phone number: +441172130300
Contact email: louis@core3.co.uk

Job Description

Senior Finance Business Partner

Why join our client

Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys influencing business decisions and working closely with senior stakeholders? Our client is a growing organisation with ambitious plans, where finance plays a central role in driving performance and supporting strategic growth. Based in Bristol with a flexible hybrid approach, you’ll join a collaborative finance team where your expertise will be valued and your work will make a visible difference across the business.

This is an opportunity to step into a highly visible Senior Finance Business Partner role, using your technical accounting background to shape commercial decisions, improve performance and support the organisation through its next phase of growth.

How you'll make an impact

  • Partner with senior business leaders to provide commercial challenge and financial insight
  • Analyse business performance, identifying opportunities to improve profitability and support growth
  • Develop financial models to support investment decisions, business cases, and strategic initiatives
  • Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range financial planning
  • Translate financial information into clear, commercially focused recommendations
  • Challenge assumptions and influence key business decisions
  • Support pricing strategies, commercial proposals, and investment appraisals
  • Improve financial reporting and planning processes across the business
  • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels
  • Contribute to finance transformation and continuous improvement initiatives

Why you're a great fit

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
  • A strong technical accounting background with excellent analytical skills
  • Candidates with an ACA qualification and experience gained within audit or a leading accountancy practice are likely to be particularly well suited to this opportunity
  • Experience operating at Audit Manager level, or equivalent experience within a commercial finance or business partnering role
  • Strong financial modelling and analytical capability
  • Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and challenge senior leaders
  • Commercially minded with the ability to turn financial information into practical business insight

What you'll get in return

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll join a business where finance plays a central role in supporting commercial performance and strategic growth.

  • £75,000–£85,000 salary
  • Performance-related bonus
  • Hybrid working, with 2 days per week in the Bristol office

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates who believe they meet the role requirements. We're committed to equality, diversity and inclusion, and we'll provide any reasonable adjustments you may need throughout the recruitment process.

If this advert sounds like you, please apply now or contact louis@core3.co.uk / 0117 213 0300.

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