Finance Business Partner in Newport

Job description

Job Title: Finance Business Partner

Job Requisition Number 8172

Work Type Permanent (Hybrid Working - Flexibility Considered)

Job Function Finance

Salary Range £55,892.00 base salary

Base South East Hub

Closing Date 23:59 on 02 December 2025

What you’ll be responsible for

Ready to make an impact beyond the numbers?

We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner who thrives on turning data into decisions and insight into action. This isn’t just about reporting – it’s about shaping strategy, influencing leaders, and driving efficiency across the business.

What’s in it for you?

You'll join a dynamic team where your financial expertise will shape decisions and influence the future of the business. This role goes beyond numbers – you’ll be a trusted partner, providing insight that challenges thinking and drives performance. You’ll work closely with senior leaders, contribute to strategic plans, and play a key role in delivering efficiencies and value across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead Financial Planning: Organise and run business planning sessions, preparing budgets and forecasts that shape the unit’s strategy.
2. Drive Cost Efficiency: Identify and embed cost reduction opportunities, challenging processes and spend to deliver targets.
3. Provide Insightful Analysis: Develop cost models, track performance, and deliver bespoke analysis to support key decisions.
4. Own Month-End Close: Ensure accurate, timely reporting with clear variance analysis and commentary for senior management.
5. Partner with Leaders: Work with budget holders to assess financial impacts and support short- and medium-term plans.
6. Monitor Regulatory Targets: Track performance against Ofwat price review requirements and efficiency initiatives.
7. Support Strategic Projects: Build business cases and financial models for new opportunities and improvements.
8. Lead and Inspire: Manage a team of finance professionals, fostering innovation and process improvement.

Who you’ll work with

Internal

• Role reports to the Finance Manager
• Business Unit Financial Controller
• Heads of Service
• Central Management Accountant team
• Financial & Regulatory Accountant
• Finance Projects, Planning and Process Manager

External

• Suppliers
• External Audit

About you

Essential Qualifications

• ACCA or CIMA

Essential Experience

• Team management and leadership of individuals (line managing in this role)
• Commerciality and the ability to understand and assimilate business strategy with operations and cost drivers with a demonstratable track record of supporting a business to improve financial performance.
• Managing and undertaking Financial Planning and Analysis working with a variety of budget holders with different needs (e.g. Commercial areas and overhead areas).
• Ideally 3 years+ post-qualified experience in a similar role requiring cost analysis and different forecasting techniques.

Essential Knowledge & Skills

• Comfortable working independently with operational teams and as part of a finance department.
• Proficient user of MS Office and in particular MS Excel with demonstrable experience of manipulating large volumes of data accurately and efficiently.
• Self-starter able to manage ambiguity in a complex and commercially oriented environment, operating flexibly, showing accuracy and attention to detail in all work.
• Team orientation, collaborative and tactful with good presentation skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills able to build effective relationship and clearly communicate results with senior level executives both verbally and in written form.

Good to know

• Hybrid working
• For an informal discussion about this role, please contact: recruitment@dwrcymru.com and enter the Job Requisition Number [8194] in the subject title line.

Benefits

As well as a market competitive salary, 33 days annual leave (pro rata, including public holidays), we offer a range of employee benefits and rewards including:

• Option to buy additional annual leave up to 5 days per year

• Enhanced employer pension contributions – Up to 11% employer contributions

• Free Mortgage Brokering Services

• Enhanced family friendly policies

• Progression opportunities, including the ability to apply for funded training and coaching and mentoring programmes

• Gym and fitness discounts as well as high street shopping

• Cycle to work scheme

• Discount off all Welsh Water visitor attraction centres and gift shops

• Car-leasing scheme and free on-site parking at all sites

• Health CashBack scheme and access to an online GP service

• An employee assistance programme for employees and their immediate family

• Many more can be found here!

Whilst also working for a not-for profit company that truly cares about earning the trust of customers everyday, and about looking after our beautiful environment.

Extra information

Status

Closed

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Newport

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Profession type

Accountancy

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English