Finance Business Partner
This growing global manufacturing business is seeking a hands-on Finance Business Partner who has proven experience of working alongside different departments, providing financial information and commercial insights to various stakeholders.
The Finance Business Partner will be a trusted advisor within the business, being part of and facilitating high-quality decision making that, in turn, helps the business achieve its financial and strategic objectives.
The company are extremely strong advocates of professional development – study support or ongoing CPD is available and encouraged.
Responsibilities:
- Proactively partner with team members in other departments to help drive forward business initiatives that help the business achieve its long-term financial and strategic objectives, while managing short-term performance.
- Own and run the key monthly finance forecasting processes for Sales, R&D project spend, Cost of Goods, and Overheads.
- Lead the annual budgeting and strategic financial planning exercises with Executive Board members and the Senior Leadership Team.
- Monitor and manage working capital to help ensure efficiency while balancing the need for flexibility, in particular, partner with Operations to continually optimise inventory balances.
- Continually review commercial performance and feedback insights to leadership, commercial, operational and sales colleagues on a regular basis to help inform decision-making.
- Partner with our Data Analysts to create dashboards and other analytical tools that deliver real-time information to drive high-quality reporting and analytics.
- Present insights and recommendations in formal formats (e.g. written reports and presentations).
- Perform financial analysis on an ad-hoc basis (e.g. evaluating opportunities and risks)
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of key business processes and controls, being a champion for positive change.
- Help digitise ways of working between Finance and the wider organisation.
- Together with the finance team, participate in the critical path for month close activities ensuring compliance with reporting standards and group deadlines.
- Lead and/or participate in ad-hoc projects that supports own personal development.
What will you bring:
- Experience within a product-based business – ideally manufacturing.
- A recognised professional accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA) – finalist or QBE also considered.
- Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational skills with a critical thinking mindset.
- Ability to see the bigger picture and understand business-wide implications.
- Experience with metrics-driven financial planning and analysis.
- Proven business partnering skills that emphasize driving collaboration, upholding financial rigor and establishing best practices.
- An ability to explain financial concepts clearly and deliver actionable financial insights to non-finance colleagues.
- Must be a self-starter with a positive can-do attitude; we’re looking for people to help transform our business and support our continuous improvement efforts.
What’s in it for you?
- A competitive salary, great opportunities to progress, plus a generous bonus and excellent company benefits.
- The opportunity to join a talented and diverse team.
- A dynamic and fast-paced work environment, ideal for professional development.
- Access to a wide range of high-quality training resources.
Location: Hitchin
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000
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