Finance Business Partner

3 days ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Balfour Beatty Full time

**About the role**
Are you a qualified accountant with a passion for partnering with business leaders to drive performance and strategic outcomes? Join Balfour Beatty’s UK Enabling Functions Finance team and play a key role in supporting a cost base of over £160m and a headcount of 1,200+.

We’re looking for a confident and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to provide end-to-end financial support to our enabling functions. You’ll be a trusted advisor to function leads, helping shape decisions, improve visibility, and deliver actionable insights.
**What you'll be doing**
- Act as the primary finance contact for assigned overhead functions
- Lead budgeting, forecasting, and planning processes (P&L/BS)
- Deliver monthly reporting packs with clear commentary and insights
- Support strategic planning, investment appraisal, and scenario modelling
- Drive cost control, financial discipline, and process improvement
- Collaborate with stakeholders across finance and operational teams
- Mentor junior analysts and contribute to team development

**Who we're looking for**
- Qualified accountant (ACA/ACMA/CIMA or equivalent)
- Proven experience in finance business partnering or FP&A
- Strong accounting and month-end close expertise
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proficient in Oracle, PBCS, Power BI and Excel
- Ability to translate complex financial data into clear narratives
- A proactive mindset with a focus on continuous improvement

**Why work for us**
Day in, day out, our teams deliver some of the UK’s most ambitious, exciting and meaningful projects; developing, building and maintaining the vital infrastructure that supports national economies and strengthens communities.

**Why join us?**

As if contributing to and supporting work that makes life better for millions wasn’t rewarding enough, we offer a full range of benefits too. You’ll have the freedom to shape the package that’s right for you and your life. Here are some of our key benefits:

- Smart working, giving you more flexibility such as staggered start and finish times, with up to 40% remote working, where roles allow.
- 25 days paid annual leave (pro rata)
- Family friendly policies which include 28 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and four weeks full pay for paternity/partners leave
- Pension, share incentive plan, volunteering leave, recognition schemes and much more

**About us**
Balfour Beatty Group Enabling Functions are Legal, Finance, IT and Procurement, Communications, Health Safety and Environment, HR and Sustainability. Together, they support delivery of our Build to Last strategy whilst improving efficiencies and standardising our approach, systems and processes.

**Diversity and inclusion**

Job Reference: BBUK15190



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