Up to £64,746 | Full-time | Hybrid / UK-based
Monday to Friday - 4 days on site 1 day remote, occasional travel
This is a high-impact, Senior Finance FP&A Business Partner role. More than traditional reporting and budgeting you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping strategic and operational decision-making across the organisation, embedding financial insight into planning, investment decisions, and long-term sustainability.
Supporting a defined portfolio of operational services; care homes and central functions such as HR and Marketing- you'll ensure consistency, depth of insight, and continuous improvement across the finance function.
Key responsibilities
- Strategic Advisory & Decision Support: Provide commercial insights and robust business cases to drive investment and lead sensitivity analysis across service growth, redesign, and sustainable investment decisions and challenge assumptions constructively to drive better decision-making
- Financial Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead driver-based budgeting and rolling forecasts, continuously improving forecast accuracy and planning methodologies and ensure a consistent, joined-up approach.
- Performance Analysis & Value Creation: Deliver actionable monthly and quarterly reporting, identifying risks and opportunities, translating complex data into concise, decision-focused narratives
- Finance Business Partnering: Act as a trusted partner to operational leaders, and supporting stakeholders in understanding financial drivers, trade-offs, and implications, building financial capability across non-finance teams through coaching and guidance. Take a hands-on approach where needed—this is a “roll up your sleeves” role (including journals, POs, and ledger approvals when required).
- Leadership & Team Contribution: Collaborate with peers to ensure consistency, and contribute to finance transformation, including automation, AI adoption, and new ways of working to elevate the impact and profile of finance across the organisation.
About you
This is an excellent opportunity for someone with strong Finance Business Partner experience to develop their career to the next level; someone eager to learn, challenge, and grow over the next few years.
Essential Experience & Qualifications
- Qualified accountant (CIMA or equivalent)
- Experience in a similar role with emphasis on strong Finance Business Partner responsibilities
- Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis, and performance management experience.
- Experience in complex, operational or service-driven environments.
Technical Skills
- Advanced Excel skills (including lookups, SUMIFS, logical formulas, data tables, Power Query, and modelling).
- Experience with Power BI and automated reporting, ERP systems (e.g. MS Dynamics)
- Interest in modern FP&A tools, automation, and AI-driven insights (Datarails is advantageous)
Desirable
- Exposure to care sector funding models or regulated environments.
- Knowledge of charity reporting frameworks (e.g. SORP).
- Experience supporting system implementations or upgrades.
About Leonard Cheshire
We are one of the UK’s most respected providers of care and supported living services. For over 75 years, we’ve supported disabled people to live, learn, and work as independently as possible.
Our values guide everything we do:
- Positive – warm and empathetic, always looking to improve
- Proud – strong-willed and driven in our beliefs
- Pioneering – confident, creative, and forward-thinking
Why you’ll love working here
As well as the opportunity to influence strategy at a senior level, we offer a strong package to support your wellbeing and career:
- 30 days holiday per annum inclusive of bank holidays
- Contributory Pension Scheme & competitive life cover
- Health cash plan: Affordable healthcare at your fingertips
- Career development: Support for continued professional development and leadership growth
- Employee Assistance Programme – support when you need it most
Ready to apply?
Leonard Cheshire welcomes applications from all sections of the community. We actively encourage applications from people with a disability and will support reasonable adjustments where possible.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals. Pre-employment checks and references will be required.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Work Location: In person
