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About the role

This is a high-impact role for an ambitious and driven finance professional. Reporting to the Head of Business Partnering, the Finance Business Partner for Commercial and Strategic Projects plays a pivotal role in supporting value-driven decision making across a diverse portfolio of commercial, growth and strategic initiatives.

The role provides financial insight, challenge and leadership to ensure that investment, growth and change initiatives are underpinned by robust financial appraisals, strong governance and align with EDI’s strategic objectives. While the primary focus is on commercial and growth-related activity, the role also supports non-commercial, business-critical projects of a similar scale and complexity where strong financial discipline and decision support are required.
You will work closely with the Chief Commercial Officer and support other senior stakeholders, project sponsors and delivery teams across the business to translate strategic objectives into clear financial outcomes and support informed prioritisation and investment decisions.
We are looking for someone that has strong interpersonal and communication skills who can influence at senior levels, build trusted relationships across functions and collaborate effectively with project sponsors. You can find out more about the Commercial team here.

About the recruitment process
There will be a two stage interview process for this role with the opportunity to meet members of the Finance team and key Commercial stakeholders. The preference would be for one interview to be face-to-face. Depending on application numbers, there may be a short online test to support sifting. 

What you’ll be doing
Financial appraisal and investment decision support
Lead financial appraisals and business case development for commercial, growth and strategic projects
Assess costs, benefits, risks and returns including IRR, payback, NPV and scenario modelling
Provide clear, evidence-based recommendations to support investment and prioritisation decisions
Strategic business partnering
Act as the finance business partner to Commercial teams and sponsors of growth and strategic initiatives
Provide financial leadership and challenge across both commercial and non-commercial projects
Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across the organisation
 Financial Planning and forecasting
Hold accountability for and contribute to financial planning (budget, periodic reforecast and long‑term planning processes) across the revenue base, ensuring plans are well understood, supported by stakeholders and aligned to growth and strategic objectives
Fully support P&L collation of financial plans, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and clear variance analysis
Work closely with the Finance Business Partners to ensure full alignment of financial planning assumptions
Support the Financial Planning and Analysis Manager to prepare Board Packs for each financial plan including development of a clear, coherent analysis and narrative to support business plans and decision‑making in conjunction with the Finance Business Partners
Input into the quarterly Fast Close process to ensure P&L forecasts closely align with financial performance
Reporting, Systems and Performance Management
Lead and support the preparation of high‑quality, accurate, timely and insightful reports to update the Finance Leadership Team, Executive team, Sub‑Committees and Board, ensuring financial information is clear, well‑structured and decision‑focused
Track financial performance and benefits realisation for approved initiatives and projects
Maintain a close relationship with the Finance Business Partnering Team and Management Accountants to understand monthly financial performance
Support governance and approval processes, ensuring transparency and strong financial control
Support the development and roll-out of Vena for reporting and financial planning
Maintain a continuous development mindset pro-actively identifying opportunities to improve systems and processes to optimise productivity and efficiency

What we’re looking for

Fully Qualified Accountant (e.g. CA, ACCA, CIMA), ideally with 3 years post-qualified experience
Degree qualified with a strong academic track record
Proven commercial experience influencing senior stakeholders and decision making
Strong financial modelling, analytical and problem-solving skills
Confidence influencing and challenging senior stakeholders
Ability to operate effectively across both commercial and non-commercial environments

Key strengths
Attention to detail: Consistently produces accurate, high‑quality data, analysis and reports that are tailored to the needs of the end user.
Problem solving: Excellent analytical skills with the ability to interpret diverse financial and operational data and deliver clear recommendations and high-quality reporting
Relationship building: Able to communicate and influence effectively at senior levels and across varied stakeholder groups
Decision making: Capable of distilling complex financial information to guide business‑critical decisions
Team player: Motivated to contribute to the wider Finance team and support collective success
Self-starter: Able to work independently, manage competing priorities and deliver under pressure
Technical ability: Strong knowledge of MS Office and accounting systems within large organisations
 If your experience looks slightly different to what we’ve listed here, we encourage you to still apply. You could add something we didn’t know we needed.