Ground Control
Finance Business Partner
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Finance Business Partner
Finance Business Partner
Position Overview
- Location: Hybrid working with at least 3 days in our Billericay office, flexibility for remote work
- Salary: Competitive
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Working Hours: 40 hours per week (Monday–Friday)
About the Role
Perfect for someone who enjoys building strong relationships, challenging thinking, and making a measurable impact on business performance.
We're looking for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join Ground Control and become a trusted partner to operational leaders across the business.
This is far more than a traditional finance role.
You'll work closely with divisional leadership teams, helping them understand what's driving performance, explore opportunities, navigate challenges, and make informed decisions with confidence.
Through strong relationships and meaningful financial insight, you'll help leaders balance commercial priorities with long-term success.
Whether you're supporting strategic planning, improving ways of working, or helping colleagues understand the financial impact of their decisions, you'll play an important role in supporting the continued success of your division. If you enjoy working collaboratively, solving problems, and seeing the difference your expertise can make, you'll find plenty of opportunity to make an impact here.
Why Join Ground Control?
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Be a trusted partner
- Work closely with leaders across the business, helping them understand financial performance, explore opportunities, and make informed decisions.
- Build strong relationships and become a valued source of insight and support.
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Make a meaningful impact
- Use your financial expertise to shape plans, identify opportunities, and support sustainable business success.
- See the direct contribution your work makes to the performance and growth of your division.
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Solve complex commercial challenges
- No two days are the same. From supporting long-term planning and forecasting to helping teams navigate changing priorities and business challenges, you'll work across a diverse and fast-moving organisation.
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Take ownership
- Manage your own workload.
- Build relationships across the business.
- Take responsibility for delivering insight and support that helps leaders make informed decisions.
Requirements
A Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA) with significant post-qualification experience.
Previous experience in a:
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Finance Business Partner role
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Senior commercial finance role
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Strong financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, and management accounting experience
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Experience developing financial models and providing insight to support business decision-making
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Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and challenge constructively
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Experience identifying, evaluating, and mitigating financial and operational risks
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Demonstrable leadership experience, including managing and developing finance professionals
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Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
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Advanced Excel skills, including financial modelling and reporting
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Experience leading change, process improvement, or finance transformation initiatives
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Ability to build effective relationships with operational leaders and senior stakeholders
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Experience within a project-based, construction, infrastructure, or similar commercial environment is advantageous
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Benefits
- Competitive salary, aligned with your skills and experience
- Performance-linked bonus
- Pension scheme
- Recognition schemes
- Private GP service
- Life insurance
- Subsidised gym membership
- Holiday buy scheme (additional 5 days of annual leave)
Equal Opportunities Statement
At Ground Control, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where everyone feels valued, respected, and empowered to thrive. We believe that diversity drives innovation and success, and we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic defined in the Equality Act 2010.
We actively support and promote an inclusive culture, ensuring fair and equitable treatment throughout the recruitment process and across all stages of employment, including training, development, promotion, pay, and termination. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments for disabled applicants and employees, and to creating a working environment free from discrimination, harassment, bullying, or victimisation.
We expect all colleagues to uphold our values of dignity, respect, and inclusion. We take a zero-tolerance approach to any discriminatory behaviour and are committed to continuous improvement through training, inclusive policies, and accountability at all levels.
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