Head of Finance Business Partnering

At Sheffield Forge masters we have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Finance Business Partnering to join our team, on a 12 months fixed term contract.

This role is based at our 64-acre site, sitting in the heart of Sheffield, and will be working as part of our Finance department who play a crucial role in ensuring the organisation’s financial health, operational efficiency, and strategic growth. Covering everything from day-to-day financial operations to long-term financial planning & analysis, and including the delivery of our recapitalisation programme.

As a Head of Finance Business Partnering, you will lead the Finance Business Partnering team function to drive operational excellence, commercial effectiveness and long-term value creation.

• Lead, develop and manage the Finance Business Partnering Team, ensuring effective performance management, coaching, compliance, and delivery of departmental & organisation objectives.
• Manage contract costing, defence repricing, and revenue recognition activities.
• Oversee financial reporting, reconciliations, and audit compliance.
• Deliver financial analysis and commentary to support business performance.
• Support cost management, budgeting, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Monitor and appraise capital investment (Cap Ex) projects.

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with significant post‑qualification experience.
• Strong background in manufacturing finance, including standard costing and cost accounting.
• Experience of long‑term contract accounting, ideally within a manufacturing environment.
• Advanced financial analysis, reporting and problem‑solving skills.
• Strong Excel modelling capability, with the ability to interpret and present complex data.
• Experience of ERP systems and maintaining robust financial controls.
• Proven leadership and people management skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Able to manage competing priorities and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Experience with Power BI or other business intelligence tools is desirable.

As well as having the skills, knowledge and experience for this role, we are also looking for someone who embodies our core values:
Customer Focus;
Working Together;
Trust & Respect;
Quality & Innovation and Safety & Wellbeing.

This is a full‑time role working 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday. We offer flexibility in our start and finish times between 06:15 – 09:30 and 14:30 – 18:00.

Sheffield Forge masters celebrates its 250th anniversary in 2026 and continues to be an iconic steel production & engineering company, with a history that can be traced back to the 1770s. We have since gone through many evolutions and gone by several different names and guises, whilst consistently being at the forefront of innovation and new process development in the UK steel industry.

Recognising Sheffield Forge masters as a global leader in the designing, manufacturing and delivering of world‑class steel forgings and castings, we were acquired by the UK Ministry of Defence in 2021. The acquisition has secured our role as a critical supplier to the next generation of UK defence programmes. As part of this programme of work, £1.3bn is being invested in modernising our plant and equipment, creating new opportunities for the business and our colleagues.

• Stability, with large-scale & long‑term investment and orders already secured into the 2040s.
• A programme of redevelopment that will include state‑of‑the‑art new machinery and facilities on site.
• Up to 9% employer pension contribution.
• Life Assurance Scheme as part of the pension programme, 4 x annual salary.
• All Employee Bonus Scheme, up to £1000 paid annually, dependent on…