Finance Business Partner – Digital

Role Overview

• Act as a strategic finance partner to the Digital leadership team, including the CIO.
• Provide insight on digital financial performance, highlighting risks, opportunities, and recommendations.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and multi‑year planning for the Digital function.
• Develop and review robust financial models, investment cases, and scenario analysis.
• Monitor and govern digital Opex, Capex and Revex, including cloud, software, infrastructure and major programmes.
• Support cost transparency, optimisation initiatives, and value‑for‑money discussions.
• Deliver clear management reporting, dashboards, and KPIs to support data‑driven decisions.
• Provide financial support to digital projects and portfolios, including ROI analysis and post‑investment reviews.

Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or Business Management (desirable), alongside a professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Strong FP&A capability, including budgeting, forecasting, long‑range planning, scenario analysis, and advanced financial modelling.
• Proven experience analysing complex datasets and translating them into clear, actionable insights for both finance and non‑finance audiences.
• Experience working with digital and technology cost drivers, including cloud, SaaS, infrastructure, vendor contracts, and digital portfolios.
• Advanced Excel expertise and strong capability with data and visualisation tools such as Power BI.
• Demonstrated ability to build robust investment and arguments with clear assumptions, risks, and benefits.
• Solid understanding of financial controls, risk management, accounting standards, and internal reporting requirements, with sound professional judgement balancing governance and commercial enablement.
• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and present effectively to senior digital and business leaders.
• A collaborative, inclusive approach with proven ability to build trusted relationships across finance, digital, procurement, and external partners.
• Self‑starter comfortable operating independently, leading cross‑functional initiatives without formal authority, and performing effectively in fast‑paced, global, and evolving environments.
• Experience of digital‑led transformation or IT operating models is advantageous but not essential.

Tech Stack

• Cloud

Benefits

• an excellent working environment
• employee benefits such as an open and inclusive culture
• a great work-life balance
• tremendous learning and development opportunities
• life and health insurance
• medical care package
• flexible working options
• collaboration spaces in a modern office environment