About this role
Head of Finance Business Partnering
Location: London
Salary: £65,000-£67,500 per annum
Vacancy Type: Permanent, Full time
Working Hours: 36 hours per week
What It’s Like to Work Here
The organisation connects people with the stories of modern conflict, helping shape understanding of its impact on society. You’ll join a collaborative, purpose-driven organisation with a strong public mission and a focus on accountability, innovation and continuous improvement. Teams work closely across disciplines to deliver high-quality experiences for visitors while ensuring long-term sustainability.
Why This Role Matters
This role is central to how financial insight shapes decision-making across the organisation. As Head of Finance Business Partnering, you’ll lead the function that connects finance with the wider organisation—ensuring leaders have the clarity, challenge and support they need to deliver against strategic and commercial objectives.
You’ll play a key role in aligning financial planning with the organisation's mission, supporting both public-facing activity and commercial operations, while maintaining strong governance and value for money.
What You’ll Be Doing
Lead and develop the Finance Business Partnering function, building a high-performing and well-structured teamAct as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, providing clear financial insight and constructive challengePartner closely with the Commercial directorate to support income growth, pricing decisions and business planningTranslate strategy into financial plans, budgets and performance measuresLead budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting processes, ensuring alignment with organisational prioritiesDeliver high-quality reporting, analysis and scenario modelling to support decision-makingSupport major strategic initiatives, investment cases and organisational changeImprove financial systems, reporting and processes to increase efficiency, insight and transparencyPromote financial understanding across the organisation, enabling better decision-making at all levels What We’re Looking For
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
Proven experience leading a finance business partnering or FP&A functionStrong experience influencing and challenging senior stakeholdersTrack record of supporting commercial performance and strategic decision-makingExperience leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processesAbility to turn complex financial data into clear, actionable insightStrong team leadership skills, with experience building or developing teamsQualified accountant (e.g. ACA, ACCA, CIMA, CIPFA) or equivalent experienceStrong analytical skills and a proactive, problem-solving mindsetUnderstanding of public sector, charity or grant-funded environments (desirable) How You’ll Work
You’ll work closely with senior leaders across commercial, operational and support functions, acting as a key link between finance and the wider organisation. The role requires strong collaboration across directorates, including Collections, Exhibitions, Learning and Estates, to ensure consistent and high-quality financial support.
What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)
Build strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across all directoratesEstablish a clear, effective Finance Business Partnering model and team structureImprove the quality and consistency of financial reporting, planning and insightStrengthen financial support to commercial decision-making and income generationDeliver measurable improvements to budgeting and forecasting processesEmbed finance as a proactive and valued partner to the business To Apply
If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for the organisation, please click apply