PR / Marketing
We are seeking an experienced and strategic Senior Business Partner to be a senior member of the Commercial Team within a global PR agency, as well as being the key commercial partner for team leads and clients. The successful candidate will have previous experience within a similar industry and act as a trusted advisor to client leaders, providing financial insight that supports growth, profitability, and operational excellence. This is initially a 6 month FTC with scope to become longer term.
Description
The responsibilities of the Senior Business Partner role include, but are not limited to:
- Advise and challenge Project Managers on new business pricing proposals.
- Support Project Managers with the development of new business budget proposals.
- Good understanding of global rates and standard approaches to pricing models (retainer, project, time and materials).
- Review and negotiate client contracts and partner effectively with the global legal team and UK legal partners.
- Review all client budgets over £25k in value and all CRM budgets.
- Draft and negotiate supplier contracts (sub-contractors, talent contracts etc).
- Advise practices on best approach to data fee pricing and management.
- Manage the new business pipeline.
- Ownership of the accuracy of month end revenue.
- Understand all client commercial terms including pricing of fees, incidental and third-party cost recovery and fee rate review options.
- Assess client profitability and help to drive improvements.
- Consistent delivery of working capital targets including WIP and accrued revenue.
- Review and provide commentary for Commercial Leads on accrued income and WIP.
Skills
The skills of the Senior Business Partner role include, but are not limited to:
- Strong commercial acumen with a track record of driving financial performance and strategic business outcomes.
- Expertise in pricing, client negotiations, and financial modelling within marketing / PR industry.
- Ambition to improve processes and control environment as well as implementing and managing new business systems.
- Deep knowledge of accounting standards and financial controls; UK GAAP and US GAAP experience preferred.
- Exceptional leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) required.
- Ability to work well with multiple projects and deadlines and deliver in the required timelines.
Apply
To apply for this Senior Business Partner role, please use the Apply button.
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 approaching 40 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 technology, media, retail, pharma/biotech, property/real estate, leisure and business services. Headquartered in London, we have additional offices in continental Europe.