Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Leicestershire (Hybrid – approx. 3 days on-site)
Salary: £80-85k+ benefits

Alexander Daniels have been exclusively retained to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner on behalf of a growing SME in Leicestershire. Reporting to the Managing Director and managing a small team, you will play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategy, driving performance, and supporting an ambitious business through its next stage of growth.

This is a highly influential role partnering directly with senior leadership, with the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across both operational and strategic decision‑making.

About the Role

As Senior Finance Business Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team – challenging assumptions, shaping business strategy, and enabling high‑quality decisions through insightful financial analysis.

You will lead transformation within the finance function, championing improvements to processes, systems, reporting, and modelling. This is a hands‑on role suited to someone who enjoys combining strategic thinking with operational delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Business Partnering

• Build strong relationships with commercial and operational teams.
• Provide clear, insightful analysis to support decision‑making.
• Challenge performance assumptions and help drive accountability.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Own budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and performance reporting.
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to maximise value creation.
• Deliver clear, concise financial insight to non‑financial stakeholders.

Transformation & Continuous Improvement

• Lead finance’s contribution to business transformation programmes.
• Identify opportunities for automation, improved processes, and smarter reporting.
• Support adoption of new systems, tools, and ways of working.

Leadership & Team Development

• Mentor and support the development of finance team members.
• Promote a culture of curiosity, collaboration, and commercial focus.

About You

You will thrive in this role if you are:

• Commercially astute with strong analytical capability.
• Confident influencing senior stakeholders, with excellent communication skills.
• Adaptable, proactive, and comfortable operating in a fast‑paced SME environment.
• Experienced in transformation, process improvement, or change leadership.
• Hands‑on and solutions‑driven, able to move between detail and strategy with ease.

Technical Skills

• Strong financial modelling and FP&A capability.
• Proficiency with ERP or finance systems.
• Excellent presentation, visualisation, and communication skills.
• Experience in consultancy, advisory, or regulated industries can be beneficial but is not essential.