Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner - Group Functions

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About your role:

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced finance professional to take the lead in finance partnering across multiple Group Functions, working closely with the CFO, Group Finance, and Functional Leadership Teams - including members of the Centrica Leadership Team.

In this high-impact and strategically focused role, you'll deliver insight and challenge that drives accountability, efficiency, and value creation through informed decision-making and a deep understanding of business drivers. You'll be responsible for delivering robust financial reporting, analysis, planning and forecasting for several Group Functions, supporting Functional Leaders as they pursue ambitious transformation agendas.

We're looking for someone who is highly analytical, commercially astute, and confident in challenging thinking to drive business performance. You'll be a trusted finance partner, providing clear, actionable decision support at the heart of Centrica's strategic journey.

Location: The successful person would be required to commute to our head office in Windsor (SL4 5GD) circa 3 times per week.

Responsibilities of the role:

General Responsibilities:

Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across Group Functions Leadership Teams (including Centrica Leadership Team members) and the Finance function

Understand Function's activities, operating model and goals - ensuring alignment with wider business needs, tracking value delivered.

Develop a deep understanding of cost, cashflow, and risk drivers, and how organisational, commercial, or regulatory issues impact financial performance

Provide robust insight and analysis to support the wider finance team and drive improvements in financial performance

Contribute to Finance Transformation initiatives, helping to design and deliver enhancements to key processes such as forecasting and reporting

Coordinate finance deliverables, ensuring outputs are timely, high-quality, and aligned to business objectives with clear, focused messaging

Act as a first line of defence, identifying and managing risks and supporting the implementation of effective controls

Planning & Performance Monitoring:

Review and report performance against the Group Annual Plan and latest forecasts, analysing variances and recommending corrective actions

Deliver accurate and transparent plans/forecasts that meet both finance and business stakeholder needs

Produce bespoke reporting and analysis, including tracking progress against Functional transformation plans

Partner with the Group Functions Financial Controller to support timely and accurate reporting, including key accounting judgements

Decision Support:

Influence and support decision-making, enabling Group Functions to self-serve relevant data where appropriate

Deliver tailored analysis to support strategic and operational decisions

Identify and drive performance improvement initiatives, designing and implementing change where needed

Support investment reviews, including transformation programmes, and help articulate value through well-structured business cases

Here's what we're looking for:

Proven commercial finance experience in a large, complex organisation

Strong finance partnering background, including decision support and investment appraisal

Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)

Solid grasp of financial reporting processes and how they support performance and planning

Working knowledge of SAP and Power BI is advantageous

Excellent relationship-building skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and support strategic delivery

Critical thinker, confident in constructively challenging decision-making and assumptions

Commercially astute, with a track record in analysis and evaluation to support business goals

Strong communicator, able to distil complex information and influence a range of audiences

Delivery-focused, capable of managing multiple priorities under pressure and mobilising resources across finance and the business

Controls-oriented mindset, with experience in identifying and managing operational risks and familiarity with audit and risk processes

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