Finance Business Partner - Transformation

Finance Business Partner – Transformation Location: London / Hybrid Function: Finance Reporting to: Finance Director – Transformation The opportunity This is an exciting opportunity to join SGN at the heart of our Transformation programme, supporting one of the business’s most important strategic priorities. As Finance Business Partner – Transformation, you will play a key role in embedding robust financial governance, insight and performance disciplines across a complex portfolio of change initiatives. This is not a traditional finance reporting role. We are looking for someone who wants to help shape how we work, drive better decision-making and ensure transformation activity delivers real, measurable value for the business. You will work closely with programme leads, senior non-finance stakeholders and finance colleagues to provide challenge, insight and support across costs, benefits and delivery plans. This role offers significant exposure, variety and the opportunity to make a visible impact across SGN. Key responsibilities Business partnering stakeholder management Act as a trusted finance partner to senior stakeholders across the Transformation programme Build strong professional relationships with programme leads and non-finance stakeholders Provide constructive challenge and commercial insight to support decision-making Influence behaviours and help embed a culture of accountability and value delivery Financial control governance Lead the month-end close process for Transformation, ensuring accurate and timely reporting Embed strong financial controls and consistent ways of working across the programme Support budgeting, forecasting and periodic re-planning activity Ensure governance processes are robust, proportionate and consistently applied Benefits tracking value delivery Own and enhance the benefits tracking framework across the transformation portfolio Work with initiative owners to define, track and challenge delivery of financial and operational benefits Provide clear reporting on benefits realisation, risks and delivery progress Support the development of robust baselines, recurring savings tracking and performance metrics Analysis insight Deliver high-quality financial and commercial analysis across transformation activity Support business cases, investment decisions and prioritisation discussions Analyse programme spend, resource deployment and value delivery Identify risks, trends and opportunities, translating data into clear, actionable insight Continuous improvement Help embed stronger ways of working across the Transformation Office Challenge existing processes and identify opportunities to improve efficiency and transparency Drive better reporting, clearer governance and more effective financial partnering Support the ongoing evolution of the finance operating model across Transformation About you Essential Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or finalist at the final stage of qualification Strong finance business partnering or FP A experience Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment Strong analytical and problem-solving capability Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills Proven ability to build trusted professional relationships A proactive mindset with the desire to make a difference, not maintain the status quo Ability to work across multiple priorities and deliver at pace Desirable Experience supporting transformation, change or programme environments Benefits tracking / investment governance experience Experience working with senior non-finance stakeholders Utilities, infrastructure or regulated industry experience Why join SGN? This is an opportunity to be part of a major transformation journey and help shape the future of the business. You will gain broad exposure across senior stakeholders, strategic initiatives and value delivery, with the opportunity to make a direct and visible contribution. For the right individual, this role offers excellent development potential and the chance to play a meaningful role in delivering change.