Senior Commercial Finance Business Partner

Location: Coventry, West Midlands, England; hybrid schedule with 4 days in the office and 1 remote day per week. Immediate start required; initial 6-month assignment.

Salary: £600–£650 per day, inside IR35.

Company

hirify.global is recruiting for a major organisation within its Operations Finance function.

What you will do

• Partner with senior operational leaders as the Finance Director for the business area and provide financial leadership.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting across significant OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Challenge budgets and forecasts, identify risks and opportunities, and deliver sustainable cost reductions and efficiency improvements.
• Analyse operational cost drivers, productivity, and financial performance.
• Develop business cases and perform financial modelling and investment appraisal, including NPV, IRR, and payback analysis.
• Present recommendations to senior leadership and approval boards while holding operational stakeholders accountable for financial targets.

Requirements

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification.
• Proven experience in a senior commercial finance or Finance Business Partnering position.
• Strong experience supporting operational or asset-intensive businesses and managing significant OPEX and CAPEX budgets.
• Strong commercial awareness and confidence challenging senior operational stakeholders.
• Experience delivering cost efficiencies, improved productivity, and financial outperformance.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting, and investment appraisal skills.
• Confidence presenting financial information and recommendations to senior management and executive stakeholders.
• Relevant experience may include large geographically dispersed field workforces, asset-intensive networks, maintenance operations, workforce scheduling, operational control centres, regulatory requirements, or customer service performance pressures.
• Experience in utilities, infrastructure, transport, telecoms, engineering, facilities management, or similar operational environments is particularly relevant.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid working arrangement with 4 office days and 1 remote day per week.
• Initial 6-month contract assignment.
• Contract rate is inside IR35.
• Immediate availability is required.

Hiring process

• Apply now with an up-to-date CV.
• Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone interview; selected candidates then proceed to a formal interview process.