Finance Business Partnering Lead

Competitive Salary + Car Allowance + Bonus Milton Keynes or Glasgow | Hybrid (2-3 days/week in office) Permanent

Lorien are supporting a major UK organisation undergoing a significant period of transformation across technology, operations and large-scale change programmes. We are looking to appoint a Finance Business Partnering Lead
, a senior hire who will bring fresh thinking, external perspective and CFO‑style leadership to one of the organisation’s most strategically important areas.

This is an opportunity to step into a highly influential role where financial insight, commercial judgement and executive‑level communication are essential.

Reporting into a 'Head of’ within their Cost Management function, you will take full ownership of the P&L for a major business area (typically Technology though candidates with strong transformation or programme delivery experience may be aligned to the Projects portfolio.)

Both areas are undergoing extensive change:

• Technology: ~£500m spend, a large and complex environment, currently integrating an acquired business.
• Projects:
  High volume of strategic change activity and major programmes shaping the future operating model.

You will bring external perspective into a largely long tenured team (many with 10–15+ years’ service), helping modernise thinking, challenge constructively, and uplift commercial decision making.

This is a leadership role with visibility at senior forums, requiring strong business acumen, executive presence and the ability to tell the story behind the numbers.

• Acting as the senior Finance Partner for your area, effectively the CFO style owner of the full P&L and cost base.
• Leading and developing Business Partners to deliver high quality analysis, forecasting, and forward-looking financial insight.
• Providing strategic challenge to senior leaders, including participation in executive level forums.
• Translating complex financial and operational data into clear, compelling narratives for decision makers.
• Driving commercial discipline, cost optimisation and greater value realisation across Technology or major change programmes.
• Working with Procurement, Central Finance and Change functions to influence investment decisions and shape business cases.
• Coaching teams through change and embedding a strong performance and cost‑conscious culture.

• Senior‑level Finance Business Partnering with P&L ownership.
• Background in highly regulated industry such as financial services, utilities, telecoms or infrastructure.
• Experience supporting Technology functions or significant transformation programmes.
• Leadership experience, guiding teams through ambiguity, change and evolving commercial demands.
• Strong commercial understanding: ability to articulate drivers of value and impact on business performance.
• Experience operating with executive level stakeholders and influencing senior decision makers.

• Advanced financial and analytical capability, with the ability to connect strategy, operations and financial outcomes.
• Executive presence, confident communication and ability to simplify complex narratives for senior audiences.
• Ability to challenge constructively and bring an external, progressive mindset to established teams.

• High strategic impact:
  Cost and performance are the organisation’s most critical metrics, and this team sits at the centre of that agenda.
• Major transformation:
  Involvement in a significant organisational acquisition and large‑scale change programmes.
• Growth potential:
  Clear succession opportunities with realistic progression to a ‘Head of’ level role.
• Unmatched experience:
  Within two years, you’ll gain exposure to a scale of change and complexity that significantly accelerates your career trajectory.

• Three stages: two conversational interviews, followed by a practical exercise.
• Visa sponsorship may be considered for exceptional candidates who meet all experience requirements.