Finance Business Partner
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 5, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 30, 2026.
Help shape the commercial future of a growing healthcare consultancy
At HEOR, we’re looking for a commercially-minded finance business partner to join our finance leadership team and play a pivotal role in driving profitable growth across the business.
This is a newly created role, offering a unique opportunity to work closely with our chief financial officer, financial controller, senior finance assistant and operational leaders to influence strategic decision-making across sales, pricing, forecasting, capacity planning and business performance.
We’re seeking someone who goes beyond the numbers. You’ll be a trusted advisor to business leaders, helping them make informed commercial decisions, maximise profitability and identify opportunities for sustainable growth.
If you enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment where your insights genuinely influence business outcomes, we’d love to hear from you.
As a finance business partner, you’ll work across the organisation to ensure financial insight is embedded into commercial decision-making.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partnering with operational leaders to drive revenue growth, profitability and business performance
- Leading revenue and sales forecasting activities, ensuring clear visibility of performance and opportunities
- Supporting commercial tenders, contract negotiations and client pricing strategies
- Developing financial models to support strategic and operational decision-making
- Managing annual budgeting and rolling forecasting processes
- Conducting scenario planning and providing recommendations to support business growth
- Collaborating with HR and operational teams on resource planning and capacity management
- Supporting Board reporting, investment decisions and strategic planning activities
- Leading the adoption and utilisation of Power BI across the business
- Supporting continuous improvement across finance systems, reporting and technology
- Acting as a trusted partner and advisor to colleagues across the organisation
Requirements
We’re looking for a qualified accountant with strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of successful business partnering.
You’ll likely bring:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification
- Significant experience in a Finance Business Partner, Commercial Finance or similar role
- Experience partnering with operational or commercial teams to improve business performance and profitability
- Strong financial modelling, forecasting and analytical skills
- Experience supporting pricing decisions, tenders, bids or commercial negotiations
- A track record of influencing stakeholders outside of finance and building trusted relationships
- Experience working within professional services, consulting, healthcare, pharmaceutical, biotechnology or another knowledge-based service environment
- Experience within a growing SME, founder-led or private equity-backed business would be advantageous
- Excellent communication skills and the confidence to challenge constructively
Benefits
Competitive compensation and benefits package, including:
- A ‘learning’ culture focused on personal development and supported by study bursaries
- Workplace pension scheme
- Range of high street, supermarket, restaurant, gym membership, holiday and entertainment discounts via Sodexho
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Employees are given an additional day of leave for: their wedding and moving house
- Annual leave purchase scheme of up to 10 additional days’ leave per year
Hybrid working
At HEOR, we believe that collaboration, learning, and innovation are at their best when people have opportunities to work together in person. This role is based within either our Cardiff or Bicester office, operating under a hybrid working model with an expectation of at least three days per week in the office. This approach supports close teamwork, knowledge sharing, mentoring, and the strong culture that underpins our success.
If you would like to request any reasonable adjustment, for any part of the recruitment process (including application), please let us know by emailing [email protected]