Altum Consulting
Senior Finance Business Partner - Technology
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Senior Finance Business Partner, Data & Technology
London | Hybrid | c.£100,000 + excellent bonus and benefits
Altum Consulting are supporting a large, international organisation in the appointment of a commercially minded Senior Finance Business Partner.
This is a highly visible role acting as the key finance partner to the Group Data & Technology function and Group CTO. The successful candidate will provide high-quality financial insight, challenge and decision support across a substantial technology and central overhead portfolio.
The role will be responsible for improving financial management across Data & Technology, strengthening forecasting accuracy, supporting investment prioritisation and ensuring technology spend delivers clear commercial value. It will suit someone who has previously partnered closely with a CTO, CIO or senior Technology leadership team and understands the financial dynamics of large-scale technology functions.
Key responsibilities
- Act as the primary finance partner to the Group CTO and Data & Technology leadership team
- Provide commercial insight, challenge and decision support on technology strategy, investment priorities and resource allocation
- Build and maintain the Data & Technology business plan, balancing transformation, growth and core infrastructure investment
- Develop robust business cases for technology investment, headcount and transformation initiatives, including ROI and benefits analysis
- Own the budgeting and rolling forecast process for Data & Technology and Group overheads
- Improve forecast accuracy, financial visibility and accountability across the cost base
- Establish clear governance and cost ownership, identifying efficiencies, duplication and opportunities for simplification
- Track savings initiatives, transformation benefits and the ongoing value delivered from technology spend
- Deliver accurate monthly reporting, dashboards and forward-looking insight on performance, risks and opportunities
- Lead improvements across the finance operating model, systems, data, reporting, AI and automation, working across Group and Divisional finance teams
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About you
- Qualified accountant, ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Strong Finance Business Partnering experience within a large, complex organisation
- Demonstrable experience partnering directly with a CTO, CIO or senior Technology leadership team
- Strong understanding of technology cost bases, investment decisions and transformation programmes
- Experience supporting business cases for technology, data, systems, infrastructure or digital investment
- Significant exposure to budgeting, forecasting and performance management across a substantial overhead portfolio
- Strong commercial modelling, scenario analysis and investment appraisal capability
- Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and influencing strategic decisions
- Proven ability to establish financial discipline, improve processes and drive operating model change
- Able to operate effectively in ambiguity and balance strategic partnering with hands-on delivery
- Experience within a complex, consumer-facing organisation would be advantageous
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Candidates will be considered for immediate interview. For those interested in further information about this role, please reach out to Anya Keinzley on the attached details.
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