Finance Business Partner

Sharp Consultancy; Bradford; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A finance recruitment specialist is seeking a Finance Partner to provide financial analysis and support operations in Bradford. The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience in manufacturing and strong commercial acumen. Responsibilities include business partnering, forecasting, and cost analysis. This role requires excellent interpersonal skills and a proactive mindset. Competitive compensation is offered.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within manufacturing.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience influencing business strategy.
• High attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide forward-looking financial analysis and recommendations.
• Collaborate with teams to produce monthly sales forecasts.
• Deliver accurate product costings for new products.

Skills

Commercial finance acumen

Advanced Excel skills

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving abilities

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Business partner with the wider business providing insightful, forward-looking financial analysis and recommendations to influence business decisions.
• Act as a finance partner to operations and commercial teams, identifying opportunities to improve profitability, streamline processes, and strengthen commercial performance.
• Collaborate with planning and commercial teams to produce monthly sales forecasts and monitor actual performance, challenging deviations and driving corrective actions.
• Partner with operations and commercial teams to improve profitability of product lines.
• Deliver accurate product costings for new products and commercial initiatives to ensure robust margins and informed decision-making.
• Identifying risks and opportunities and presenting findings to senior leadership.
• Support price adjustments linked to raw materials.
• Stock management, overseeing stock takes and investigating discrepancies.

Ideally you will be able to demonstrate the below qualifications/experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with solid commercial finance and
• Proven experience in a finance business partnering role, ideally within manufacturing.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience influencing business strategy.
• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, macros a plus).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• High attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills – able to build relationships and influence stakeholders across all levels.
• A collaborative, proactive, and results-driven mindset.

Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function.

Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV to the e-mail address stated, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications, we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within seven days, please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.