Senior Finance Business Partner

idverde Group; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading grounds maintenance services provider in Coventry is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to drive financial performance and provide strategic insight. This pivotal role involves leading a team, ownership of monthly P&L reporting, and collaborating with operational teams. The ideal candidate possesses a qualification in accounting, extensive experience in finance business partnering and budget management, and a strong commercial mindset for successful stakeholder engagement. This role offers hybrid working and a competitive salary.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave

Support for personal and professional challenges

Discounts on retail, holidays, gym memberships

Competitive pension scheme

Colleague of the month and annual awards

Two days per year to support a cause of your choice

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with several years post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience in Finance Business Partnering, ideally within a contract-based organisation.
• Strong leadership experience, including coaching of finance professionals.
• Extensive month-end reporting experience with P&L ownership.
• Demonstrable budgeting and forecasting experience for large businesses.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 3 Finance Business Partners.
• Ownership of monthly P&L reporting for complex contracts.
• Provide detailed performance analysis to Operations and UK Leadership.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies across all reporting.
• Monitor financial performance and highlight risks and opportunities.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Finance Business Partnering experience

Leadership experience

Month-end reporting experience

Budgeting and forecasting

Financial controls understanding

Training or guidance experience

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Description

Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Coventry, Hybrid working, 3 days in office

Contract:Permanent

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 pro rata + Car Allowance

About the role

We are seeking a highly capable and commercially minded Senior Finance Business Partner to join our team. This pivotal role works closely with Central FP&A, Financial Accounts, and Operational teams to ensure the successful financial delivery of our London and South East Grounds Maintenance business, as well as our National Services divisions.

As a senior leader within the Finance function, you will play a critical role in driving financial performance, providing strategic insight, and supporting key stakeholders across the organisation. You will act as a trusted advisor to Operational and Functional leaders, offering robust analysis, challenging assumptions where needed, and improving financial understanding across non-finance teams. Your strong commercial mindset, ability to influence, and commitment to high-quality financial reporting will be essential to success in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of 3 Finance Business Partners, ensuring consistent, high-quality outputs and strong team performance.
• Work closely with the Director of Operational Finance to set priorities, guide key projects, and review deliverables.
• Take full ownership of monthly P&L reporting, including oversight of the most complex contracts (£80–90m revenue).
• Partner with Operational teams to validate judgemental month-end transactions, such as accrued income and cost accruals.
• Review and challenge underlying financial postings and operational assumptions to ensure accuracy and integrity.
• Provide detailed monthly and year-to-date performance analysis, clearly explaining variances to budget and forecast to both Operations and UK Leadership.
• Ensure compliance with accounting policies and principles across all reporting.
• Prepare impactful presentations for monthly Regional Business Review meetings and actively contribute to performance discussions.
• Lead annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting for your Regions, ensuring assumptions are robust and fully aligned with Operations.
• Monitor financial performance, highlight risks and opportunities, recommend mitigating actions, and maintain risk and opportunity logs.
• Act as a key decision-support partner to Operations—challenging constructively, supporting budget management, and identifying opportunities to improve profitability and cash flow.
• Support the monitoring and collection of overdue debt.
• Deliver financial training and guidance to non-financial colleagues, simplifying complex information into clear, actionable insights.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations for judgemental accounts, including accrued income and stock.
• Support Operations and Business Development in the development and review of new tenders.

Required Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with several years post-qualification experience.
• Proven experience in Finance Business Partnering, ideally within a multi-site, contract-based, or operationally focused organisation.
• Strong leadership experience, including line management and coaching of finance professionals.
• Extensive month-end reporting experience, including P&L ownership, variance analysis, and review of judgemental accounting entries (e.g., accrued income, cost accruals).
• Demonstrable experience in budgeting and forecasting, ideally for complex or large businesses.
• Strong understanding of financial controls and experience reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience improving financial awareness among non-finance colleagues, providing training or guidance in a clear, approachable manner.

Benefits

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays.
• Enhanced maternity and shared parental leave.
• Support for personal and professional challenges.
• Discounts on retail, holidays, gym memberships, and more.
• Secure your future - competitive pension scheme and resources to manage your finances.
• Colleague of the month and annual awards.
• Two days per year to support a cause of your choice.
• Comprehensive resources and support.

About idverde

We are Europe's largest provider of grounds maintenance services and landscape creation, in the UK alone we're a community of over 3,000 passionate colleagues shaping the future of the green industry.

At idverde, we understand what it means to grow. Our history dates back to 1919, and today, with a turnover of £250 million, we're more than just a company – we're a force for positive change. We offer a range of services to create, maintain, and manage landscapes across the UK.

Grow with us, and together we’ll create a greener future for all.