Financial Business Partner

About Crowe

Crowe is a leading national firm offering audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services with global reach and local expertise. As an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the top 10 accounting networks worldwide, we have access to over 40,000 professionals across 140+ countries and more than 800 offices globally.

Our vision is to be a leader in our chosen markets, creating lasting value for our clients and our people and being a trusted partner in their success.

We are dedicated to driving client success, empowering our people, embracing sustainability, delivering technological change and acting in the public interest.

Role Purpose

Provide commercial and financial insight to support partners and service line leaders make informed decisions by translating financial performance data, such as utilisation, recovery, WIP and profitability, into clear analysis and actionable recommendations. Bridge the gap between finance and the wider business, acting as a trusted advisor to business leaders.  By challenging assumptions, identifying risks and opportunities, and supporting strategic planning, the role helps drive sustainable growth, operational efficiency and long-term value creation.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning process with all partners within that service line, ensuring alignment against the firm wide strategic goals. Work closely with these leaders to build accurate revenue and resource forecasts considering pipeline, capacity and utilisation trends
• Provide variance analysis and explain key drivers behind performance to enhance operational and financial performance
• Identify risks, opportunities, trends and cost saving measures, challenging assumptions
• Support pricing decisions and engagement economics from proposal through to completion
• Translate financial data into actionable insights, delivering clear, concise financial reports and dashboards to support pro-active decision making
• Ensure adherence to financial policies and controls, and maintain governance standards
• Bridge communication gaps between the finance function and service line ensuring alignment across the business
• Support the finance transformation programme, leading the adoption of new financial tools and processes.
• Undertake ad hoc tasks as required from time to time to assist in the general running of the department

Skills & Experience

• Qualified Accountant with 5-10 yrs relevant finance experience
• Strong ability to interpret financial data, build models and perform scenario analysis
• Ability to align financial insights with business strategy and influence decision making
• Excellent presentation skills
• Strong interpersonal skills to build relationships across departments
• Sound working knowledge of MS windows-based software packages, including excel

Why choose Crowe?

Whatever career you choose, whether in audit, tax, marketing or HR, we can offer you a rewarding and clear career pathway, designed to help you develop your existing talents as well as discovering new ones, positioning you to make a meaningful difference to our ever-growing and varied client base.

At Crowe we foster a collaborative and inclusive culture, and we will encourage, support and guide you on an exciting professional journey of self-discovery.

We value innovation and welcome those committed to making a difference for our clients, communities, and colleagues. With access to expert knowledge, continuous learning, competitive salaries, and flexible benefits, you will have the tools to build a rewarding career.

We are committed to diversity in our teams, equal opportunity and merit-based progression. We promote a healthy working environment with flexible working approach alongside dedicated wellbeing support, helping our people to thrive both professionally and personally.

Following changes to government policy in April 2024, we only accept applications from individuals with an existing, permanent, right to live and work in the UK. 

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