Finance Business Partner
Listed on 2026-11-06
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Finance & Banking
Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst -
Accounting
Financial Reporting, Financial Analyst
We are partnering with a high-growth business in Northampton to recruit a commercially minded Finance Business Partner
. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified accountant looking to combine strong core finance responsibilities with meaningful involvement in commercial decision-making and business performance.
Reporting into senior finance leadership, the role offers an excellent blend of traditional finance and commercial partnering, with approximately 60% focused on month-end and management accounting activities and the remaining 40% dedicated to commercial insight, analysis, and supporting key business decisions
.
The successful candidate will enjoy working with large volumes of data, have exceptional Excel skills, and be comfortable transforming financial information into meaningful business insight.
Key Responsibilities Financial Reporting & Month-End (c.60%)- Ownership of the monthly management accounts process.
- Preparation and review of P&L, balance sheet and cash flow reporting.
- Monthly variance analysis, commentary and performance reporting.
- Accruals, prepayments and journal postings.
- Balance sheet reconciliations and control activities.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and periodic financial planning processes.
- Drive continuous improvement within reporting processes and controls.
- Partner with operational and non-finance stakeholders across the business.
- Provide financial analysis and insight to support commercial decision-making.
- Analyse trends, profitability, costs and business performance drivers.
- Develop and enhance reporting packs, dashboards and KPI analysis.
- Support business cases, investment decisions and ad-hoc commercial projects.
- Manipulate large data sets using Excel to identify opportunities and risks.
- Challenge assumptions and provide recommendations to improve profitability and performance.
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Strong month-end and management accounting experience.
- Commercially aware with the ability to translate financial data into actionable insight.
- Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables, Lookups, Power Query and large data-set manipulation.
- Highly analytical with excellent attention to detail.
- Confident communicator able to influence stakeholders across the business.
- Proactive, inquisitive and keen to add value beyond the numbers.
£60,000 to £62,000 plus full benefits package to include Hybrid working
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