Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner Northampton | Office-based (but you’ll want to be in the office for this one!)

£60,000 - £70,000 Base

• Excellent Benefits package

• Face-to-face business partnering with engineering and operational teams to support financial and commercial decision-making
• Managing weekly forecasts and providing clear insight into performance, risks and opportunities
• Controlling and reporting project costs within a highly regulated environment
• Building financial models and costing different operational and commercial scenarios
• Analysing variances and presenting meaningful recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Supporting the development and assessment of business cases
• Interpreting large volumes of financial and operational data
• Developing automated reporting and forecasting tools to improve accuracy, transparency, and efficiency
• Supporting compliance with relevant financial regulations and cost-control requirements

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified, ideally with at least two years’ post-qualified experience
• Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience
• A proven track record of finance business partnering with senior operational stakeholders
• Confident presenting complex financial information in a clear and commercially meaningful way
• Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis and cost-control experience
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced and technically complex environment
• Advanced Excel skills, ideally including Power Query
• Experience of Power BI, SAP or Alteryx would be advantageous
• Manufacturing, engineering, automotive, aerospace, motor sport or R&D experience would be particularly relevant

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded accountant who wants to work closely with the operational heartbeat of a technically advanced organisation. You will gain exposure to complex projects, senior stakeholders and sophisticated financial modelling within an environment where quality and performance really matter.