Finance Business Partner / Commercial Finance Manager in London - Savant Recruitment

We're partnering with a private-equity backed, fast-growing and acquisitive business to recruit a Finance Business Partner / Commercial Finance Manager. This is a high-impact role, sitting at the heart of commercial decision-making and working closely with the CFO and Director of FP&A during an exciting phase of scale and value creation.

This is not a traditional reporting role. The successful candidate will be a true finance business partner, combining strong technical foundations with commercial instinct, influencing capability and the confidence to challenge senior stakeholders.

As Finance Business Partner / Commercial Finance Manager, you will:

• Act as a key partner to the CFO and Director of FP&A, supporting strategic decision-making across the business

• Drive the FP&A agenda, including budgeting, forecasting, long-range planning and scenario modelling

• Deliver commercial insight that improves performance, profitability and capital allocation

• Partner closely with senior stakeholders across operations, sales and leadership to influence outcomes

• Lead financial analysis on growth initiatives, including acquisitions, integrations and investment cases

• Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable insight for non-finance leaders

• Help evolve planning, reporting and forecasting processes in a scaling, PE-backed environment

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA / CIMA / ACCA)

• Strong background in commercial finance, FP&A or finance business partnering

• Ideally experience working in a PE-backed, acquisitive or transformational environments is highly desirable

• Confident engaging and challenging senior stakeholders, with a solutions-focused mindset

• Commercially sharp, analytically strong and comfortable operating in ambiguity

• Ambitious, hands-on and excited by building and improving rather than maintaining the status quo

• Opportunity to work in a high-visibility role alongside an experienced CFO and FP&A leader

• Exposure to PE ownership, acquisitions and value-creation initiatives

• A business that is genuinely growing, evolving and investing in its finance function

• Clear scope for progression as the company continues to scale

If you're a commercially minded finance professional looking to step into a true business partnering role within a PE-backed growth story, this is a standout opportunity.