Interim Finance Business Partner

Stanton House is currently recruiting for an Interim Finance Business Partner to join a large Events Business in London on a 12-month Contract. This role offers a day rate of up to £550 Inside IR35. This is a hybrid role working 3 days in their London office.

Responsibilities:

• Acts as a trusted Finance Business Partner to the Global division, building strong relationships with senior management and providing clear commercial and strategic insights to influence decision-making.
• Delivers high-quality financial reporting, analysis, and storytelling to support business performance, including ownership of P&L, balance sheet, working capital, and cash.
• Leads budgeting, forecasting, and business planning cycles, ensuring key assumptions, risks, and opportunities are well understood and communicated.
• Drives cost management and performance improvement through analytical reviews, KPIs, and zero-based budgeting techniques.
• Supports business cases, acquisition and disposal activities, and cross-divisional financial initiatives, ensuring effective governance and collaboration with peers.
• Provides accurate and timely actuals reporting with insightful commentary, maintaining integrity of financial controls and supporting audit and compliance processes.
• Operates effectively under pressure, manages ambiguity, and delivers results independently with minimal supervision.
• Manages, develops, and supports a direct report, ensuring clear communication, strong performance, and alignment with HR policies and team priorities.
• Acts as a role model and contributes to a positive team culture that reflects divisional strategy and values.

To be suitable for this role you must have the following:

• Recognised accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a solid understanding of finance processes, systems, and controls.
• Trusted finance partner with experience working alongside management teams in global divisional environments.
• Strong commercial acumen and confident in constructively challenging senior stakeholders.
• Hands-on, proactive, and able to deliver results autonomously in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
• Skilled in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, reporting, and Excel.
• Effective communicator with the ability to present insights clearly in reports and presentations.
• Experience in leading change, process improvement, and supporting acquisitions or disposals.

If you feel you meet the above criteria and are available immediately or on short notice, please do apply. Unfortunately, given the number of applications, we may be unable to respond to all unsuccessful applications.