An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join a growing specialist insurance business in London. This role offers significant exposure across senior leadership, underwriting, and operational teams, playing a key part in driving commercial performance, strategic decision-making, and financial oversight across the business. Alongside strong business partnering responsibilities, the position also carries a notable focus on financial governance, reporting integrity, and control, making it particularly well suited to candidates coming from a strong financial controls or technical accounting background who are looking to move into a broader commercial finance role.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with senior stakeholders across underwriting and leadership teams to provide financial insight and strategic support
• Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-term planning processes
• Deliver performance analysis across products, portfolios, and operational areas
• Support business cases, scenario modelling, and strategic growth initiatives
• Drive profitability analysis and identify opportunities to improve commercial performance
• Produce and present senior management and Board-level reporting
• Maintain strong financial governance, controls, and reporting accuracy
• Support regulatory reporting requirements where required
• Lead process improvement and finance transformation initiatives focused on reporting, automation, and data quality

Profile

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong post-qualified experience
• Background within insurance
• Strong commercial finance or financial controls experience, ideally with exposure to business partnering
• Excellent analytical, forecasting, and financial modelling capability
• Strong understanding of governance, reporting, and financial control frameworks
• Confident influencing and challenging senior stakeholders
• Experience working within fast-paced, commercially focused environments
• Strong systems and reporting tool experience with a continuous improvement mindset