Hybrid Finance Business Partner – Commercial, Fixed Term Contract

at Ocean Technologies Group

• Job title: Finance Business Partner – Commercial, Fixed Term Contract
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Finance Business Partner providing strategic financial support to Sales and Marketing at OneOcean. Focus on revenue growth, commercial analysis, and decision support in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering: Provide strategic finance support to Sales and Marketing, translating data into insights and actionable recommendations.
• Forecasting & Planning: Lead budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning for revenue and go-to-market functions.
• Commercial Analysis: Assess ROI of marketing spend, sales incentives, and customer success initiatives; measure CAC, LTV, retention, and pipeline efficiency.
• Revenue & Margin Tracking: Monitor ARR, churn, upsell, and renewal performance against plan; identify risks and opportunities.
• Decision Support: Support pricing, deal desk, incentive design, and customer success investment decisions.
• Performance Reporting: Build dashboards and management reports for leadership and ELT.
• Cross-Functional Projects: Support strategic initiatives such as market expansion, product launches, and revenue operations alignment.

Requirements

• Extensive time in Finance roles with a focus on FP&A, commercial finance, or business partnering, preferably within a SaaS or high-growth technology environment.
• Proven track record partnering with go-to-market functions (Sales, Marketing, Customer Success) to support revenue growth, optimise spend, and influence investment decisions.
• Hands-on experience with financial modelling and advanced analytics, including scenario planning, cohort analysis, CAC/LTV modelling, pipeline forecasting, and margin optimization.
• Commercial mindset with exposure to deal desk, pricing strategy, sales compensation, and ROI evaluation of marketing and customer success programs.
• Stakeholder management expertise – confident working with senior leaders, able to challenge assumptions constructively, and influence decisions through data-driven insights.
• Systems fluency with financial planning tools (e.g., Adaptive, Anaplan), CRM and revenue systems (e.g., Salesforce, HubSpot), and strong Excel/BI skills (Power BI, Tableau).
• Proven adaptability in fast-paced, high-growth environments, with the ability to balance strategic thinking and hands-on delivery.
• Global exposure a plus – supporting distributed teams, multiple geographies, and varied go-to-market models.

Benefits

• Private medical insurance
• Matching pension contribution up to 5%
• BUPA cash plan (to fund out of pocket medical costs) and Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
• Life assurance
• We enable internal mobility by posting all vacancies on our internal job board and encourage all Oceaneers to make their next move within OneOcean
• We offer a referral fee to Oceaneers who refer new Oceaneers that subsequently join OneOcean
• We provide a culture of continuous development and growth