Software & Services
Our client provides a range of SaaS and managed services to the FS sector, with backing from a leading private equity firm funding significant international growth over the past few years. Headquartered in London, the business now generates revenues in excess of $1bn and has a continued strategy of driving expansion through a balanced mix of both M&A and organic growth.
Description
This is a newly created role, Finance Business Partner – Technology, to support the Chief Information Officer, who has recently joined the business. The Finance Business Partner will support the CIO and wider team with strategic guidance and MI to ensure maximum value from existing technology and technology investments across the business. The role will take ownership of reshaping and transforming the existing functional reporting suite and driving greater visibility across the group’s technology platforms, both customer-facing and internal. The successful candidate will lead the annual and mid-year budgeting process, manage in-year reforecasting, and deliver timely, detailed monthly MI to support strategic decision-making. Working alongside senior stakeholders in IT, Procurement, M&A Integration and Corporate Development, this individual will play a key role in identifying opportunities for cost efficiencies, supporting acquisition budgets and post-deal integrations, and enhancing understanding of group-wide Technology investment. The role will also encompass oversight of CapEx and project budgeting, and the ongoing consolidation of group project spend. This is a highly visible and influential position, requiring a proactive approach to continuous improvement and the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships across both the Finance and Technology functions.
Skills
The ideal Finance Business Partner will be a qualified accountant with a strong academic background and demonstrable experience operating as a Finance Business Partner within a large, complex, and fast-moving organisation. Exposure to a private equity–backed environment would be advantageous, bringing with it an appreciation for pace, value creation, and cost discipline. Commercially astute and detail-oriented, candidates need to combine strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to challenge assumptions and drive performance. Excellent communication and influencing skills are essential, together with the confidence to present financial insight to executive and non-financial stakeholders alike. The role requires advanced Excel and PowerPoint proficiency, strong systems literacy, and ideally experience with Power BI. The successful individual will be proactive, curious, and adaptable, capable of managing competing priorities while maintaining focus on delivering results in a dynamic, change-oriented environment.
This is an exceptional opportunity to join a fast-growing, acquisitive PE-backed firm, with significant scope to grow in this role, as well as having the ability to direct and be involved in actionable change across the finance function.
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Please note that due to the expected volume of applications, we will only be able to respond to those candidates whose experience matches the requirements of our client. We are sorry, but if you have not heard from us within the next ten days, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
Walker Hamill has been a specialist finance and strategy recruiter for over 35 years. We have an extensive client group, including major multinational listed organisations, private equity-backed businesses and privately owned companies. We recruit across all sectors and have particularly strong client relationships in media, retail, pharma/biotech, technology, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe. For more information, please see the Walker Hamill website.