Senior Finance Business Partner - Technology

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

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