Finance Business Partner Bids & Tenders in London - Cedar

Finance Business Partner - Bids & Tenders, Market Leading Group, North London, £60-70k

Are you a commercially astute finance professional who thrives on complex modelling, strategic analysis and high-impact decision making?

We are partnering with a market-leading, transportation organisation with c.£450m turnover and ambitious UK expansion plans. Backed by a global parent and operating at significant scale, the business is entering an exciting phase of growth through both competitive tendering and strategic acquisitions.

As part of this journey, they are seeking a Finance Business Partner, Bids & Tenders to sit at the heart of commercial decision-making.

The Opportunity

This is not a standard FP&A role. You will lead the financial development of major bid submissions and investment cases, ensuring tenders are commercially robust, strategically aligned and financially optimised. Working closely with senior operational stakeholders and executive leadership, you will shape pricing strategy, risk evaluation and long-term value creation.

The role offers exposure across:

• Large-scale UK and European tenders
• Investment analysis and valuation modelling
• Financial due diligence support
• Long and short-term strategic planning
• Senior stakeholder engagement, including direct interaction with executive leadership
• You will act as a true commercial partner - translating complex data into clear, persuasive insight that directly influences growth outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead financial modelling and pricing strategy for competitive tenders
• Build and own detailed bid models (including client templates and scenario analysis)
• Develop capex plans, balance sheet and working capital projections
• Produce risk and opportunity assessments
• Deliver investment appraisals and valuation analysis
• Partner cross-functionally with operational, commercial and bid teams
• Support budgeting, forecasting and strategic planning processes
• Provide board-ready insight to support high-value decision making

About You

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified with 2+ years PQE
• Advanced Excel modeller, confident with complex formulae, automation and large data sets
• Highly analytical and detail-driven
• Commercially curious with the confidence to challenge and influence
• Strong communicator, comfortable presenting to senior stakeholders
• Experience in bids/tenders or infrastructure/transport environments is highly advantageous

If you enjoy building robust models, interrogating data and influencing strategic outcomes, this is a genuinely exciting platform to accelerate your career.