Senior Finance Business Partner

Put finance at the heart of commercial decision making

Crown Paints has been part of homes, businesses and communities for nearly 250 years. Today, we’re one of the UK’s best known paint brands and part of the Hempel Group.

We’re looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join Crown Paints and work closely with our Commercial Leadership teams across Retail and Trade.

This is a highly visible role for someone who wants to do more than report performance. You’ll help shape it.

Tell the story behind the numbers

You’ll work closely with senior commercial leaders to understand what is driving the numbers, where the opportunities are and what needs to happen next. You’ll bring together commercial thinking, financial insight and challenge across areas including:

Sales and margin performance

Pricing and promotions

Customer and product profitability

Budgeting and forecasting

Business cases and investment decisions

Long term commercial planning

You’ll turn complex information into clear, practical recommendations that help the business move quickly and confidently.

Be the person who asks the next question

We want someone who is naturally curious. Someone who doesn’t stop at what happened, but wants to understand why it happened and what we can do differently. You’ll challenge assumptions, spot trends and help teams make stronger commercial decisions.

Day to day, that will mean:

Partnering with senior leaders across Retail, Trade, Sales and Marketing

Identifying risks and opportunities in performance

Leading commercial reviews and deeper analysis

Building financial models and business cases

Improving reporting and analytics

Helping make financial insight easier to understand and act on

Leading and driving transformation projects within the finance department

Bring commercial thinking to the table

This role will suit someone who can move comfortably between detail and the bigger picture. You’ll ideally bring strong experience within Commercial Finance or Finance Business Partnering, alongside:

ACA, ACCA, CIMA or an equivalent professional qualification

Project management and transformation within a complex organisation

Strong understanding of pricing, margin and profitability

Excellent analytical capability

Confidence working with and challenging senior stakeholders

Experience of budgeting, forecasting and commercial planning

Strong Excel skills, with BI or analytics experience beneficial

The ability to build strong relationships across a fast paced business

Experience within retail, FMCG, manufacturing, consumer goods or another multi channel environment would be useful, but we’re open to different backgrounds and perspectives.

Have a real voice in where we go next

This is an opportunity to influence commercial decision making across Crown Paints and work closely with the people shaping the future of the business.

You’ll help us understand not only what is happening, but why , what it means and where we should focus next.

If you enjoy getting close to the business, challenging the numbers and turning insight into action, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today and help shape what comes next for Crown Paints.

Application due

2026-09-27 Seniority Level

Mid-Senior level Job Functions

Accounting / Auditing, Finance Industry

Chemicals

Crown Paints is one of UK’s most renown paint manufacturers and we have been manufacturing for over 200 years, with over 60 years proudly holding the Royal Warrant. However, what really sets Crown apart is the support we provide for cultural, humanitarian and scientific causes across the world through our ownership structure. Crown Paints is part of the Hempel Group, which gives our company stability and our employees extended, global career possibilities. ​