About the Role
As Finance Business Partner for Equine and Farm, you'll work at the intersection of finance and operations, providing high-quality financial insight and strategic support to divisional leaders. This is a full-time, permanent role based in Diss, offering hybrid working arrangements where possible. You'll translate financial and operational data into actionable guidance, identify risks and opportunities, and help leaders make commercially sound decisions that drive growth.
You'll collaborate closely with Finance colleagues and operational teams across CVS Group, a leading integrated veterinary services provider with around 500 practices across the UK and Australia. The role combines robust financial modelling, performance analysis, and strategic partnership to strengthen forecasting accuracy and improve commercial outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted finance partner to the Equine and Farm divisions, building strong relationships and providing clear, practical financial insight
- Translate financial performance, risks and opportunities into accessible guidance for non-finance stakeholders
- Support leaders to understand key drivers, improve accountability, and make commercially sound decisions
- Provide robust financial modelling, including investment appraisal, pricing analysis, forecasting and budgeting
- Use data-driven insight to evaluate operational decisions and support delivery of strategic objectives
- Prepare and interpret financial reports, highlighting trends, variances, risks and opportunities
- Lead or support budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with operational activity
- Drive performance through constructive challenge on cost control, revenue growth and commercial outcomes
- Partner with operational leaders to assess financial implications of workforce, procurement, and service development decisions
- Track and evaluate benefits of initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and evidence-based decision making
- Support month-end processes and ensure robust, accurate financial reporting
- Identify opportunities to improve data quality, reporting consistency and ways of working
- Deliver ad hoc analysis, scenario modelling and support strategic projects
- Work collaboratively with Finance colleagues to ensure consistent messaging and aligned priorities
Requirements
- Fully qualified accountant with relevant post-qualification experience
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insight
- Confident communicator, able to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels
- Commercially aware, with understanding of key financial drivers such as margin, pricing and cost base
- Advanced Excel and financial systems skills, with a focus on improving reporting and insights
- Well organised, detail-focused and able to manage multiple priorities
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Company car or car allowance
- Buy/sell holiday scheme
- Hybrid working arrangements with flexible approach where possible
- Access to learning, education and development opportunities to support progression
- Company pension and broad benefits offering
- Wellbeing support and colleague-focused policies
- Supportive network with strong collaboration across teams and functions
About the Practice
CVS Group plc is one of the UK's leading integrated veterinary services providers, operating around 500 practices with a broad network of support teams across the UK and Australia. The organisation is committed to delivering high-quality services, supporting career development, and creating an inclusive environment where colleagues can learn, grow, and thrive.
CVS is determined to be a fully inclusive place to work where all colleagues are encouraged and supported to be themselves, difference is celebrated, and everyone feels able to deliver their best. The company is also focused on building a workforce that is more representative of diverse communities and the people it serves.
