Finance Business Partner

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Work type: Full time
Site: Redditch
Categories: Finance
Location: Worcestershire
Salary: Competitive
Business Area: Halfords Support Centre

At Halfords, our mission is to inspire and support a lifetime of motoring and cycling. We lead the market through customer-driven innovation and a distinct product range, providing an integrated, unique, and convenient service experience—from e‑bike and electric vehicle servicing to on-demand solutions—fostering customer loyalty and ensuring a lifetime of enjoyment.

The teams at our Redditch Support Centre work closely with every other area of our business, playing a key role in our success and growth and bringing individual knowledge and experience to keep things moving smoothly.

We’re looking for a forward‑thinking Finance Business Partner to join our commercially focused finance team. This role combines core finance responsibilities with meaningful business impact, reporting to a Senior Finance Business Partner and delivering month‑end processes, management information, and influential decision support.

• Act as a trusted finance partner to operational and commercial teams, delivering management accounting and business‑partnering support.
• Take ownership of weekly and monthly reporting processes, including month‑end results and variances against expectations.
• Support annual budgets and periodic reforecasts, collaborating with senior finance and business stakeholders to identify risks and opportunities and align with strategic objectives.
• Provide financial oversight and accountability for relevant cost areas and contribute to robust measurement frameworks to assess performance.
• Communicate financial implications of commercial decisions and their impact on year‑end performance through regular updates and insight‑led commentary.
• Evaluate the performance of business initiatives using robust financial and non‑financial analysis, delivering conclusions and actionable recommendations.
• Support post‑initiative performance reviews to inform future investment and resource allocation decisions.
• Manage and develop junior team members, prioritising workloads, setting objectives, and supporting professional growth.
• Promote best practices, knowledge sharing, and support finance transformation initiatives across the wider finance function.

• Professionally qualified (CIMA, CA, ACCA or equivalent) with a solid background in management accounting and month‑end delivery.
• Experience in a finance business‑partnering role, bringing insight and challenge to support decision‑making.
• Strong commercial acumen and a results‑driven mindset, prioritising activity that delivers tangible business value.
• Confident communicator who can simplify complex financial information and influence stakeholders.
• Collaborative and relationship‑oriented, able to work effectively across functions within matrix environments.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑paced setting, demonstrating adaptability, ownership, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Committed to ongoing personal and professional development and ready to grow potential within the role.
• We offer a competitive salary, a car allowance, an annual discretionary bonus scheme, pension, life assurance, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, enhanced family leave, access to employee discounts, and wellbeing and inclusion resources.

We invite candidates from all backgrounds to apply;
Halfords is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity within our organisation.

Hybrid: 3 days a week on site at our Support Centre in Redditch, with optional 2 days working from home.