Hargreaves Lansdown
Excited to grow your career?
Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!
About the role
Due to the growth of Hargreaves Lansdown's Finance function, we have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Parter to join our Commercial Finance team. As Finance Business Partner (FBP), you will be responsible for providing all financial support to the product, channel, or line-of-business. This includes being accountable for all financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. The FBP will deliver insightful analysis and robust financial controls, ensuring delivery of the plan, including the management of both risk and opportunity.
What you'll be doing
Co-Create Three Year Plan (3YP) and Budget
Delivering the Budget, ensuring risks and opportunities are proactively identified and mitigated / acted upon
Income Statement & Balance Sheet responsibility, spanning both Underlying & Strategic investment
Additional responsibility for Entity level financial statements may be applicable
Owning Finance Management Information, ensuring 'financials' are underpinned by 'non-financial' insights, working closely with Data Team colleagues
Responsible for forecasting, by ensuring projections are underpinned with commercial rationale, and activity driven wherever possible
Owning investment analysis; including by not limited to; propositional development, pricing, incentives, OD investment. Ensure appropriate challenge of any investment with delivery of LoB/Product/Channel OKR's and the overall HL 3YP and Budget
Creating profitability analysis, working across the business and broader Finance team. Ensure alignment with Consumer Duty framework and our Assessment of Value obligations
Ensuring risks are identified and registered, and remediation plans put in to place & delivered
Support and where appropriate lead on competitor analysis to inform propositional investment opportunities, activity & cost benchmarking etc
Closely understand the LoB/Product/Channel proposition, its clients, and their journeys. Help the LoB/Product/Channel leadership understand the revenue and cost opportunities and how product and journey design impacts financial performance
About you
Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) with current technical knowledge and post qualification experience
Ability to understand the strategic business goals of an organisation, with the ability to 'look beyond the numbers' and understand the wider business context
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights
Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities, with advanced Excel skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation
A clear and logical approach to problem solving with the ability to interpret both financial and non-financial impacts of commercial decisions
Interview process
The selection process will be a two stage interview including a task
Working Schedule
This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office
Why us?
Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do
What's on offer?
Discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
Enhanced parental leave
Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
Private medical insurance
Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
and an Employee Assistance Programme
Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers
dependant on role level
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.
Excited to grow your career?
Our purpose is to empower people to save and invest with confidence. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at HL.
We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they don't tick every box. If you're excited about working for us and have most of the skills or experience we're looking for, please go ahead and apply. We'd love to hear from you!
About the role
Due to the growth of Hargreaves Lansdown's Finance function, we have an exciting and rewarding opportunity for an experienced Finance Business Parter to join our Commercial Finance team. As Finance Business Partner (FBP), you will be responsible for providing all financial support to the product, channel, or line-of-business. This includes being accountable for all financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting. The FBP will deliver insightful analysis and robust financial controls, ensuring delivery of the plan, including the management of both risk and opportunity.
What you'll be doing
Co-Create Three Year Plan (3YP) and Budget
Delivering the Budget, ensuring risks and opportunities are proactively identified and mitigated / acted upon
Income Statement & Balance Sheet responsibility, spanning both Underlying & Strategic investment
Additional responsibility for Entity level financial statements may be applicable
Owning Finance Management Information, ensuring 'financials' are underpinned by 'non-financial' insights, working closely with Data Team colleagues
Responsible for forecasting, by ensuring projections are underpinned with commercial rationale, and activity driven wherever possible
Owning investment analysis; including by not limited to; propositional development, pricing, incentives, OD investment. Ensure appropriate challenge of any investment with delivery of LoB/Product/Channel OKR's and the overall HL 3YP and Budget
Creating profitability analysis, working across the business and broader Finance team. Ensure alignment with Consumer Duty framework and our Assessment of Value obligations
Ensuring risks are identified and registered, and remediation plans put in to place & delivered
Support and where appropriate lead on competitor analysis to inform propositional investment opportunities, activity & cost benchmarking etc
Closely understand the LoB/Product/Channel proposition, its clients, and their journeys. Help the LoB/Product/Channel leadership understand the revenue and cost opportunities and how product and journey design impacts financial performance
About you
Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA, ACA) with current technical knowledge and post qualification experience
Ability to understand the strategic business goals of an organisation, with the ability to 'look beyond the numbers' and understand the wider business context
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights
Strong financial modelling and analytical capabilities, with advanced Excel skills
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organisation
A clear and logical approach to problem solving with the ability to interpret both financial and non-financial impacts of commercial decisions
Interview process
The selection process will be a two stage interview including a task
Working Schedule
This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. We have returned to the office, however for this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office
Why us?
Here at HL, we're the UK's number 1 investment platform for private investors, based in Bristol. For more than 40 years we've helped investors save time, tax and money on their investments
To achieve our mission, we believe we have a workplace like no other, with constant learning, dynamic teams, and a great ethos. We're steered by core values that promote service, quality, innovation, and opportunity in everything we do
What's on offer?
Discretionary annual bonus & annual pay review
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1-day additional Christmas closure time
Option to purchase an additional 5 days holiday per year at annual enrolment
Flexible working options available, including hybrid working
Enhanced parental leave
Pension scheme up to 11% employer contribution
Sharesave scheme - have a real stake in HL's future
Income Protection & Life insurance (4 x salary core level of cover)
Private medical insurance
Health care cash plans - including optical, dental, and out patientcare
and an Employee Assistance Programme
Gympass - gym memberships and wellbeing apps available
Variety of travel to work schemes with free bike storage and shower facilities
An inhouse barista serving subsidised coffee and snacks
Join HL's sports, I&D networks and volunteering groups (two paid volunteering days per year)
LifeWorks Discounts on services, restaurants and retailers
dependant on role level
Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age
This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis - please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information
Please note, we are unable to provide employment sponsorship to candidates.