Commercial Finance Business Partner

Role Description

Join our Commercial Finance Business Partnering team and play a key role in supporting the Commercial business across financial planning, performance analysis, budgeting, business modelling and strategic decision-making. This is an excellent opportunity to develop your commercial finance expertise while partnering with senior stakeholders and contributing to key business initiatives within a dynamic insurance environment.

Location: This role is be based in our Guildford office, please note that this is a hybrid working role with the expectation that attend the office 40% of your time.

Salary Information

Pay: Circa £60,000 per year.

The salary offered will be based on your experience, skills and location and forms part of our market-leading total rewards package.

About You

As a Finance Business Partner, you will:

• Own and deliver monthly revenue and expense reporting, forecasting and analysis processes.


• Communicate financial performance insights and forecasts to key stakeholders across the Commercial business.


• Support and play a key role in the annual expense budgeting and planning process.


• Partner with commercial teams to model new broker opportunities and evaluate business cases.


• Produce business performance reporting, analysis and recommendations to support decision-making.


• Respond to ad-hoc financial queries and provide commercial insight across the business.


• Support corporate projects, business initiatives and change programmes.


• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across finance and non-finance teams.


• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, processes and financial models through automation and innovation.

Essential Skills

• CIMA or ACCA qualified.


• Knowledge of management accounting techniques and financial planning processes.


• Experience providing financial advice, insight and support to senior stakeholders.


• Ability to build effective relationships with colleagues across finance and non-finance functions.


• Advanced Excel skills, including working with large data sets and developing complex financial models.


• Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.


• Ability to understand wider business objectives and apply financial insight to support decision-making.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Self-motivated with the confidence to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders.


• Ability to prioritise workload, manage competing demands and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.


• Aptitude for systems development and technology-enabled solutions.

Desirable Skills

• Experience working within the insurance sector.


• Knowledge of Anaplan and experience using planning, forecasting or reporting systems.


• Knowledge of financial performance reporting within a commercial environment.


• Responsible Artificial Intelligence usage and an interest in leveraging AI tools to improve processes and business outcomes.

What We Will Offer You

Recognised and rewarded for a job well done, we have a range of flexible benefits for you to choose from- so you can pick a package that’s perfect for you. We also offer flexible working options, global career opportunities across the wider Allianz Group, and fantastic career development and training. That’s on top of enjoying all the benefits you’d expect from the world’s number one insurance brand, including:

• Flexible buy/sell holiday options

• Hybrid working

• Annual performance related bonus

• Contributory pension scheme

• Development days

• A discount up to 50% on a range of insurance products including car, home and pet

• Retail discounts

• Volunteering days

Our Ways of Working

Do you need flexibility with the hours you work? Let us know as part of your application and if it’s right for our customers, our business and for you, then we’ll do everything we can to make it happen. Here at Allianz, we are signatories of the ABIs flexible working charter. We believe in supporting hybrid work patterns, which balance the needs of our customers, with your personal circumstances and our business requirements. Our aim with this is to help innovation, creativity, and you to thrive - Your work life balance is important to us.

Inclusive Support & Accessibility

At Allianz, we are committed to fostering building an inclusive, accessible workplace where everyone can thrive. As a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled and neurodivergent candidates and offer tailored adjustments throughout the recruitment process and in the workplace, whether that’s assistive technology, ergonomic equipment, flexible working arrangements, mentoring or coaching. We want to encourage candidates to speak with us about any adjustments they may need. We’re here to support you.

If you have a disability or long‑term health condition and meet the essential criteria, you can choose to be considered through our Offer an Interview Scheme.

Contact our Resourcing team to opt into this scheme or for assistance with your application, including larger text, hard copies, or spoken applications. [email protected]

For any inquiries or to submit your application, please contact: [email protected]

Closing date: 17th November 2026

We reserve the right to close the advert early if we reach enough applications.

Join us – Let’s Care for Tomorrow. #LI-Hybrid

109146 | Finance & Accounting | Professional | Non-Executive | Allianz UK | Full-Time | Permanent

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