Finance Business Partner

Job Introduction

Please note:

This is one vacancy being advertised across multiple locations to reach candidates within reasonable travelling distance of our Runcorn Head Office. Find out exactly what skills, experience, and qualifications you will need to succeed in this role before applying below. If you have already applied through one of the other locations, you do not need to apply again – your application will be considered for the same role.

Make an impact beyond the numbers...Are you a part-qualified or qualified accountant who enjoys getting under the skin of a business, understanding what drives performance and using financial insight to influence better decisions?

We’re looking for a Finance Business Partner to join HCRG Care Group in a varied, hands-on role combining strong management accounting with commercial finance, financial modelling, product costing and profitability analysis.

You’ll work closely with operational and product leaders, taking real ownership of the numbers while providing the insight, challenge and commercial thinking that helps them make informed decisions.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys both sides of finance – being comfortable getting into the detail while also being able to step back, see the bigger picture and explain what the numbers really mean.

This is a full-time, permanent role, offering a salary of 45,000–50,000 depending on experience.

This is much more than a reporting role.

You’ll take end-to-end financial ownership for your area and become a trusted finance partner to the people responsible for running it.

You’ll be:

• Taking ownership of the month-end process, including journals, accruals, prepayments, income recognition and balance sheet reconciliations
• Producing monthly performance reporting, variance analysis and meaningful commentary that explains what’s happening, why and what needs to happen next
• Leading budgeting and forecasting, working with budget holders to challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities
• Maintaining rolling forecasts and helping senior stakeholders understand the likely financial position between formal forecasting cycles
• Building and maintaining robust financial models to support commercial and operational decision-making
• Producing product and contract profitability analysis, understanding what is driving margin movements and identifying opportunities to improve performance
• Providing product costing and commercial analysis to support pricing, business cases and contract opportunities
• Working closely with operational and product leaders, providing constructive challenge and helping them make commercially informed decisions
• Ensuring sales and billing information is accurate and working with Accounts Receivable and Credit Control to resolve issues and manage aged debt
• Translating complex financial information into clear, practical insight for non-finance colleagues
• Building strong relationships across the business so Finance is involved in key decisions from the outset

The breadth of the role reflects the JD, which gives the FBP responsibility across month-end and financial control through to reporting, forecasting, profitability, costing and commercial decision support.

We’re looking for someone who combines strong financial fundamentals with commercial curiosity. You’ll be comfortable working with detailed financial information and modelling, but just as importantly, you’ll be able to communicate confidently with stakeholders, ask the right questions and turn the numbers into something meaningful.

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent – qualified, or part-qualified with strong relevant experience
• Strong management accounting experience,…