Finance Business Partner

Role Purpose:

Provide high-quality financial insight and challenge to Operational and Commercial teams. Support decision-making drive performance improvement and ensure that financial implications are fully understood in planning and execution.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering Operations & Supply Chain

• Work closely with Production Planning and Supply Chain teams to understand performance drivers.
• Analyse and report on standard costs yield waste labour efficiency machine utilisation and other factory KPIs.
• Support S&OP process with financial input (demand capacity margins scenarios).

Business Partnering Commercial & Customer

• Work with Commercial team on pricing tenders contract renewals and promotional activity.
• Produce customer and product profitability analysis; highlight margin opportunities and issues.
• Support decisions on product mix delists NPD and channel strategy.

Planning Budgeting & Forecasting

• Lead the detailed budgeting and forecasting process for assigned functions/customers.
• Prepare weekly/monthly forecast updates including P&L bridges (volume price mix efficiency overheads).
• Ensure assumptions are robust documented and aligned with operational plans.

Insight & Decision Support

• Build models and scenarios to evaluate capex cost-saving initiatives and strategic projects.
• Develop dashboards and reports present financial insight to non-finance stakeholders in a clear and compelling way.

Continuous Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve data quality reporting and decision-making.
• Support deployment of new tools systems or KPIs to enhance performance management.

The ideal candidate must have:

• Qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) or equivalent commercial finance experience.
• Experience in a business partnering role ideally in manufacturing or FMCG.
• Proven track record of working with Operational and/or Commercial stakeholders.

Personal Attributes:

• Strong analytical skills and financial modelling capability.
• Ability to challenge constructively and influence decisions.
• Excellent communication skills; can translate financials into actionable business insight.
• Curious proactive and comfortable working with incomplete data.

Indicative KPIs:

• Accuracy and quality of forecasts for supported areas.
• Identified and delivered cost savings / margin improvements.
• Stakeholder feedback on quality of support and challenge.
• Adoption of KPIs and decision-support tools.
  

Working Hours:

• 40 hours per week Monday to Friday.
• Office based (hybrid working considered) travel expected for client visits.
  
  

Benefits:

• Company profit share scheme
• Car allowance
• Sales commission (up to 20% of salary per Anum)
• Free parking within proximity to all major travel networks
• 31 days holiday inclusive of bank holiday increasing with service
• An extra day off for your birthday!
• Health cash plan after 3 months claim money back on essential healthcare such as dental and eye care for you and your children.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Company pension scheme (4% employer contributions)
• Company paid events throughout the year.
• FREE pack of cheese every week
• Discounted staff cheese shop

If this sounds like it could be the role for you then please email

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