Manufacturing Business Partner

Finance Business Partner - Manufacturing Operations

Location: East Yorkshire / Hybrid Working

Salary: Competitive + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Are you a commercially minded accountant who enjoys getting out into the business, challenging performance, and driving operational improvements?

We are partnering with a large, international manufacturing organisation seeking a Finance Business Partner to support operational leaders across a complex production environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who wants to influence decision-making, improve efficiencies, and play a key role in business performance.

Reporting into senior finance leadership, you will act as a trusted business partner to manufacturing and operational teams, helping them understand performance, identify opportunities, and drive continuous improvement across multiple sites.

This is not a traditional product costing role. Whilst an understanding of product costing and manufacturing economics is important, the primary focus is on analysing operational performance, challenging existing processes, and helping the business improve efficiency, productivity, and profitability.

• Partner with operational and site leadership teams to drive business performance.
• Analyse manufacturing, operational and financial data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning activities.
• Develop meaningful KPIs and reporting to improve decision-making.
• Challenge operational performance and provide actionable recommendations.
• Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across manufacturing sites.
• Evaluate process efficiency, utilisation, waste reduction and cost optimisation opportunities.
• Provide financial insight into capital investment and improvement projects.
• Work collaboratively with finance and non-finance stakeholders across the organisation.

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Experience with in a manufacturing, engineering, FMCG or product-based environment.
• Strong understanding of product costing and manufacturing cost drivers.
• Commercially focused with the ability to translate financial information into operational actions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
• Naturally curious with a desire to challenge processes and improve performance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced and evolving environment.

• Opportunity to influence operational performance across a global manufacturing business.
• High levels of exposure to senior stakeholders and decision-makers.
• A role that combines commercial finance, operational improvement and strategic influence.
• Excellent long-term career development opportunities.
• Competitive salary, bonus and comprehensive benefits package.

If you are looking for a role where you can move beyond the numbers, influence operational decision-making and help drive meaningful business improvement, we'd love to hear from you.