Finance Business Partner

** Finance Business Partner
** Full Time - Salary £63,531 to £74,120 (experience dependent) - Hybrid Working At OS, our vision is to be recognised as a global leader in geospatial services, creating meaningful location insight that drives positive impact. Our trusted data and expertise help shape the future success of Britain and other nations by enabling smarter, more sustainable decisions that improve quality of life now and for generations to come.

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join our Finance team and play a central role in supporting this vision. In this role, you’ll contribute directly to OS’s mission by helping the organisation make informed financial choices that underpin our strategic ambitions.

As a proactive and collaborative Finance Business Partner, you’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. You will bring financial information to life through clear, data‑led insights, build strong relationships across the business, and influence key decisions that drive both operational and strategic performance.
** Your responsibilities will include:
*** Building strong relationships with senior business leaders and their teams. Developing an understanding of their needs to support and challenge them in delivering on their financial and strategic goals
* Bringing numbers to life by being a clear and engaging communicator across all levels of the organisation. Using tailored, data-driven financial and non-financial insights to influence decision-making and provide forward-looking perspective
* Using quantitative / qualitative methods and judgement to manage all aspects of financial planning, ensuring robust forecasts underpinned by performance drivers and assumptions
* Supporting the development of comprehensive business cases using commercial acumen to critically challenge the costs, benefits, and delivery methods of initiatives
* Driving accountability for multi-year financial and operational plans whilst identifying emergent risks or opportunities and identifying areas for continuous improvement
* Delivering value by striving for cost optimisation through strategic and conceptual problem-solving, implementing performance trackers to demonstrate benefits and RoI
** What we’re looking for you to bring:
*** Appropriate accounting qualification (i.e. CIMA, ACA, ACCA), or equivalent experience
* Experience in finance business partnering and building trusted relationships with senior business executives
* Communication and presentation skills that add value with senior managers by presenting analysis and performance in a clear and understandable way
* Ability to influence stakeholders with confidence in challenging the status quo
* Strong analytical capability to translate complex information into simple explanations for financial / non-financial audiences which drive change and innovation
* Inquisitive mindset with a motivation for continuous improvement and working collaboratively within the team and the wider business
* Excellent written and MS Excel / PowerPoint skills, with Power

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** The Rewards
** We want you to love what you do. That is why our benefits package rewards a job well done. Check out how we support and invest in our employees by .
* Salary £63,531 to £74,120 (dependent on experience)
* Performance related bonus up to 10%
* A competitive pension scheme (OS contributes up to 12.07%)
* 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays on joining additional to bank holidays (3 taking over Christmas)
* Paid maternity, paternity and shared parental leave
* Free subscription to OS Maps
* Access to online learning platforms
* Coaching and Mentoring schemes
* Plus, a suite of excellent additional perks and benefits

At OS, we believe looking after your health and wellbeing means more than posters and events. We empower you to manage your work and life the way you need it by offering things like
* An extra days’ leave for each year you work, up to 33 days
* Employee Assistance Programme
* Hybrid working
* Free onsite parking at our modern HQ in Southampton
* We adopt flexible working and can consider different working hours dependent on the role and your personal circumstances
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