Finance Business Partner

Seymour John; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Seymour John in Birmingham is recruiting a commercially focused Senior Finance Business Partner to support multiple sites across the UK. You will partner with operational and commercial leaders, translate performance data into actionable insight and drive profitability.

This role offers high visibility, a broad commercial remit, and opportunities to influence strategic decisions while developing your career within a market-leading national business.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong technical foundations.
• Proven experience in business partnering and stakeholder engagement.
• Experience in multi-site organisations, logistics or service-led industries.

Responsibilities

• Partner operational and commercial stakeholders across multiple locations.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and planning activities.
• Deliver insightful financial reporting and performance analysis.
• Provide challenge and support around strategic decision making.
• Analyse revenue, margin, productivity and cost performance.
• Develop KPI reporting and management information.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and profitability.
• Support business cases and investment appraisals.
• Drive continuous improvement of financial processes.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial mindset

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Birmingham / Hybrid - UK wide site travel

Seymour John is delighted to be partnering with a market-leading, national business to recruit a commercially focused Senior Finance Business Partner.

Operating across a multi-site service, logistics and operational network, this is a highly visible role supporting senior operational stakeholders and providing financial insight to drive business performance.

The position offers an excellent opportunity to join a business that actively invests in the development and progression of its people.

The Opportunity

This is far more than a traditional reporting role. As Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with operational and commercial leaders across the business, helping them understand performance, identify opportunities for improvement and support strategic decision making.

You will act as a trusted advisor, combining strong financial analysis with commercial insight to influence business outcomes and drive profitability.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner operational and commercial stakeholders across multiple business units and locations.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and planning activities.
• Deliver insightful financial reporting and performance analysis.
• Provide challenge and support around operational and commercial decision making.
• Analyse revenue, margin, productivity and cost performance.
• Develop meaningful KPI reporting and management information.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, profitability and business performance.
• Support business cases, investment appraisals and strategic initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement across financial processes and reporting.

About You

We are keen to speak with qualified accountants (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) who combine strong technical foundations with excellent business partnering capability.

You will ideally have experience within:

• Multi-site organisations
• Logistics and distribution
• Service-led businesses
• Facilities management
• Engineering or industrial services
• Manufacturing environments

Most importantly, you will be confident engaging with operational stakeholders, comfortable challenging assumptions and able to translate financial data into practical business insight.

Why Apply?

• Highly visible role with significant stakeholder exposure.
• National, market-leading organisation.
• Genuine opportunity to influence operational performance.
• Broad commercial remit with exposure to senior leadership.
• Strong culture of development and progression.

For a confidential discussion, please contact Simon Lowe at Seymour John.

Seymour John is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.