Hybrid Finance Business Partner – Corporate Costs

at Law Business Research

• Job title: Finance Business Partner – Corporate Costs
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Business Partner leading cost control and capital expenditure planning for Product and Tech divisions. Building relationships and providing financial insight to stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Partner with department leads to monitor and control operating expenses.
• Provide monthly cost centre reporting, variance analysis, and actionable insights.
• Support month end processes with accounting team.
• Work with FP&A to produce cost Budgets and forecasts.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and support efficiency initiatives.
• Involvement in efficiency savings and integration of acquisitions from a cost perspective.
• Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and tracking of capital expenditure projects.
• Evaluate business cases and ROI for proposed investments.
• Ensure compliance with capital governance policies and accounting standards.
• Act as a trusted advisor to operational teams, translating financial data into strategic guidance.
• Support procurement and contract negotiations with financial analysis and risk assessment.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reports, dashboards, and commentary.
• Drive automation and standardisation of cost and CAPEX reporting.

Requirements

• 5+ years relevant experience, with solid knowledge of:
• Cost control governance and ROI
• CAPEX and Project reporting
• Building Business cases
• Budgeting & Forecasting
• Excel modelling and financial reporting
• SaaS/recurring revenue models
• High attention to detail; works accurately and quickly and has good organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to set and meet deadlines including ability to manage multiple tasks to completion at the same time.
• A strong desire to keep learning new things.

Benefits

• **In return we can offer you a rewarding career with personal and professional development in addition to a competitive salary with an excellent benefits package:
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• **The **time for our employees to switch off** through using their 25 days annual leave allowance, companywide holidays, an additional day off on their birthdays and an early finish at 3pm on a Friday throughout the summer months.
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• ****Wellbeing** is a key focus at LBR where employees can access a physical wellbeing allowance of £350 per year, annual wellbeing days and a cycle to work scheme.
• **We provide **health and reassurance** through our private healthcare scheme, a life assurance benefit and a 4% pension contribution.
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• **We want all employees to **be happy and have fun** at LBR through regular social events, a volunteering day, recognition awards and a perks at work discount site.