Interim Finance Business Partner

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment is delighted to be exclusively working with a historic and well‑known British Chain in their search for an Interim Finance Business Partner
, based at their Edinburgh site, easily commutable from Edinburgh & the Lothians
.

You will be an experienced qualified Accountant, ideally Big 4 or Audit Trained. You will be tasked with supporting the wider Finance Team in financial accounting, monthly management accounts & annual statutory accounts. You will provide business‑critical analysis & insights to support decision making across the business as well as various reporting requirements. You will also find regular exposure & dialogue within FP&A as well as working closely with the core financial reporting team.

• Critical Audit & Project support
• Post journals, review costs & P&Ls
• Support preparation of month‑end reporting for management
• Monthly reconciliation of more complex balance sheet accounts
• Support the Cash & Banking Team with complex reconciliation
• Support Accounts Payable in managing creditor accounting & reconciliation
• Support concessions accounting
• Involvement in the preparation of annual budgets
• Draft technical accounting papers as required
• Accounting support for non‑routine transactions
• Coordinate audit requests during the audit process and act as a contact for the auditors
• Business partnering with the wider business to provide financial support and ensure commercial awareness and that accounting implications are considered
• Work closely with the FP&A team to ensure consistency in reporting
• Ad‑hoc project work as required by the business
• Ad‑hoc process improvement work as required by the business

• CA
  
  Qualification:
  
  ICAS or equivalent level/experience
• High level of competence in Excel and experience with financial reporting tools
• Strong commercial awareness and understanding of margin management and cost control
• Ability to challenge improvements in processes & working practices
• Prepared to bring instant value‑add in helping the business achieve their goals

An attractive & competitive financial package is on offer for this fantastic opportunity.

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment are working as exclusive recruitment partners on this great opportunity and we welcome all interested parties to apply now or contact Craig Sinclair, Recruitment Manager at Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment for further information. Please note that all third‑party applications, enquiries and direct approaches will be referred to Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment for consideration & review.