FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner - UK&I 

FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner - UK&I

Job Title: FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner - UK&I

Function: Finance

Area: UK & Ireland

Reporting To: Finance Director

Contract: 12 Months Fixed Term

Location: 2 days a week in Friars Gate Shirley

Level: Senior Business Partner

About Linnaeus

Linnaeus is a forward-thinking partnership of highly respected Primary Care and Referral veterinary practices across the UK and Ireland, comprising some of the best clinicians in the profession.

While our practices are individual, we are united by two important things: a commitment to excellence in everything we do and our passion to make A BETTER WORLD FOR PETS.

We carefully select the practices we partner with to ensure the highest levels of patient care across our group. Together, we provide a growing community of like-minded veterinary professionals who are passionate about what they do, working across small animal, farm and equine veterinary medicine.

As part of Mars Veterinary Health, our Five Principles — Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and Freedom — are at the centre of how we operate and make decisions.

Role Overview

As FP&A Finance Senior Business Partner – UK&I, you will play a pivotal role in driving and narrating UK&I business performance and supporting strategic growth.

Working closely with the UK&I leadership team, Finance colleagues and European teams, you will translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insights that support effective decision-making.

You will act as a trusted financial partner to senior stakeholders, providing robust analysis, constructive challenge and forward-looking insight. You will help leaders understand business performance, identify opportunities and risks, improve efficiency and make informed decisions that support sustainable growth.

This is a 12 Months Fixed Term Contract

Roles and responsibilities

The role will be responsible for:

• Delivering insightful, high-quality financial planning, analysis and decision support.
• Leading reporting and associated processes across actuals, budgeting and forecasting.
• Partnering with wider UK&I and European Finance teams to provide a clear and insightful performance narrative.
• Presenting financial performance, outcomes and insights to local leadership teams.
• Investigating inefficiencies and identifying opportunities for improvement.
• Identifying growth opportunities and supporting forward planning through robust business insight.
• Providing ad hoc financial analysis and reporting as required.
• Embedding Mars' Five Principles into financial insight, recommendations and decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Own and lead the end-to-end budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning processes for UK&I, working closely with central Finance and FP&A teams.
• Deliver periodic, quarterly and annual financial updates, providing clear narratives around performance drivers
• Provide detailed analysis of financial results, market trends and operational metrics.
• Identify trends, variances, risks and opportunities and translate these into actionable recommendations.
• Prepare and present compelling financial insights to senior leadership and governance forums.
• Ensure financial analysis and outputs meet high standards of quality, accuracy and integrity.
• Support the business in understanding the financial implications of strategic and operational decisions.
• Develop forward-looking analysis to support sustainable growth and improved business performance.

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement & Business Partnering

• Act as a trusted partner to senior UK&I business leaders.
• Build strong relationships across Finance and the wider business, creating effective collaboration between Finance and operational teams.
• Lead financial conversations that support strategic priorities and business objectives.
• Influence and constructively challenge stakeholders, ensuring decisions are supported by robust financial analysis and insight.
• Translate complex financial information into clear, commercially focused messages for non-financial stakeholders.
• Facilitate alignment between Finance and business teams to support sustainable growth and operational excellence.
• Work collaboratively with European Finance teams to ensure consistency, alignment and effective sharing of insight.

Continuous Improvement & Commercial Insight

• Investigate financial and operational inefficiencies and identify opportunities to improve performance.
• Challenge existing processes and ways of working, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Contribute to the continuous development of FP&A processes, reporting and financial planning across UK&I.

Essential Experience

• Minimum 6 years of progressive finance experience, with significant experience in FP&A.
• Proven track record of partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrable experience providing financial insight that supports commercial and strategic decision-making.
• Strong experience across budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and performance reporting.
• Experience translating complex financial information into clear business narratives and recommendations.
• Experience working in a fast-paced and commercially focused environment.
• Desirable Experience
• Experience working within a complex, matrixed organisation.
• Experience working across multiple countries or geographical markets.
• Experience within a large multinational or corporate environment.
• Experience within the veterinary, healthcare, retail, services or another multi-site environment.

Knowledge & Qualifications

• Essential
• Strong understanding of FP&A principles and financial planning processes.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Professional finance qualification such as CIMA, ACCA or ACA, or equivalent experience.

Desirable

• Experience working with enterprise financial planning and reporting systems.
• Experience with financial planning tools such as Oracle or Anaplan.

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent commercial awareness and financial analysis skills.
• Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build credibility and trust with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information clearly to non-financial audiences.
• Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic and critical thinking, with a focus on long-term value creation.
• Proactive and results-driven approach.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical capability.
• Ability to work effectively in a matrixed and collaborative environment.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with strong attention to detail.
• Adaptable approach and comfortable operating in an evolving business environment.

If this sounds like you:

Please contact Christina Scimeca , Group Corporate Recruiter, who is happy to tell you more about this opportunity and the recruitment process. Or apply by submitting your resume through the apply button below.

MVHE is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds.

Internal Candidates/Associates: If you are interested in this position, please reach out to the Corporate Recruiter to understand the internal recruitment

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