Director of Finance Business Partnering
Posted 4 days ago by Cedar
£1,000 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
City Of London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Director of Finance Business Partnering will lead finance business partnering efforts for a private equity-backed consumer group based in Central London. This senior role requires a hands-on approach to enhance commercial insight and decision-making across various brands and channels. The position offers a competitive day rate and operates on a hybrid working pattern. The ideal candidate will possess significant experience in commercial finance within multi-brand environments.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading finance business partnering across commercial, marketing, and operational functions
- Acting as a senior finance advisor to brand and functional leadership, providing insight, challenge, and clarity
- Driving margin analysis, cost visibility, and performance understanding across brands, channels, and categories
- Supporting pricing, promotional, and commercial investment decisions with robust financial evaluation
- Improving the quality, relevance, and consistency of management information and commercial reporting
- Working closely with FP&A to ensure forecasts and plans reflect trading dynamics and operational reality
- Bringing structure, pace, and financial discipline to decision-making across the group
- Supporting profitability and performance initiatives through focused, decision-led analysis
- Acting as a visible, credible finance presence during a period of sustained commercial activity
Key Skills:
- Senior interim experience in commercial finance or finance business partnering
- Background in multi-brand consumer or retail environments, ideally PE-backed
- Strong commercial judgement and senior stakeholder influence
- Comfortable in fast-paced, hands-on settings
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
- Willing to work on a hybrid basis in Central London
Salary (Rate): £1,000.00/daily
City: City Of London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Cedar is partnered with a private equity backed consumer group to appoint an Interim Director of Finance Business Partnering. This Interim Director of Finance Business Partnering role is based in Central London, operates on a hybrid working pattern, and offers a day rate of £800 to £1,000 per day for an initial 6 to 12 month assignment.
The Company
The organisation is a private equity backed, multi-brand consumer group with revenues in the hundreds of millions. The business operates across a small portfolio of complementary brands, selling through physical, digital, and wholesale channels, with leadership and decision-making anchored in Central London. The focus is on sharper commercial insight and better-connected decision-making across brands and channels. Finance plays an active, embedded role, working close to trading performance in a fast-paced, commercially focused environment.
The Role
As Interim Director of Finance Business Partnering, you will report to the CFO and lead finance business partnering across the group. This is a senior, hands-on role with real visibility, well suited to an experienced interim operating at the £800 to £1,000 per day level.
- Leading finance business partnering across commercial, marketing, and operational functions
- Acting as a senior finance advisor to brand and functional leadership, providing insight, challenge, and clarity
- Driving margin analysis, cost visibility, and performance understanding across brands, channels, and categories
- Supporting pricing, promotional, and commercial investment decisions with robust financial evaluation
- Improving the quality, relevance, and consistency of management information and commercial reporting
- Working closely with FP&A to ensure forecasts and plans reflect trading dynamics and operational reality
- Bringing structure, pace, and financial discipline to decision-making across the group
- Supporting profitability and performance initiatives through focused, decision-led analysis
- Acting as a visible, credible finance presence during a period of sustained commercial activity
Your Profile
Senior interim experience in commercial finance or finance business partnering
Background in multi-brand consumer or retail environments, ideally PE-backed
Strong commercial judgement and senior stakeholder influence
Comfortable in fast-paced, hands-on settings
Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)
Willing to work on a hybrid basis in Central London
Compensation & Benefits
This Interim Director of Finance Business Partnering assignment offers £800 to £1,000 per day, hybrid working in Central London, and the opportunity to play a central role within a high-quality, PE-backed consumer group.