Finance Business Partner

We are looking for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join a well-established manufacturing business and play a key role in supporting business performance.

This is a highly visible role, working closely with operational teams, budget holders and senior stakeholders to provide financial insight, constructive challenge and commercial support. You will act as a trusted finance partner, helping the business understand performance, improve efficiency, manage financial plans and make informed decisions.

The role offers genuine breadth across financial planning, management reporting, product costing, performance analysis and business partnering.

You will have the opportunity to work closely with the operation, develop strong relationships across the organisation and translate financial information into meaningful insight that supports both operational performance and longer-term business objectives.

As Finance Business Partner, you will provide financial oversight and commercial insight across manufacturing, operational and service functions.

• Providing financial oversight and performance analysis across manufacturing and wider operational business areas
• Partnering with operational leaders, budget holders and senior stakeholders to provide financial insight, guidance and constructive challenge
• Leading budgeting, forecasting and financial planning activities, ensuring financial plans reflect operational priorities and business objectives
• Developing and maintaining effective product costing approaches, analysing costs, margins and operational performance to identify opportunities for greater efficiency and profitability
• Providing detailed variance analysis and helping stakeholders understand the financial and operational drivers behind performance
• Working closely with budget holders to maintain effective financial control and ensure accurate forecasting of activity and expenditure
• Supporting month-end reporting and ensuring financial information is accurate, robust and delivered within agreed deadlines
• Building strong working relationships with senior leaders and challenging assumptions where appropriate
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial processes, reporting, systems and ways of working

• ACCA/ACA/CIMA – qualified
• Significant experience working within a manufacturing, production, operational or service environment

For further information or a private and confidential conversation either for this specific opportunity or your personal job search please contact Demi Trueman on .

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.