Finance Business Partner

ACCA Careers; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 57,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

7% pension contribution

Job summary

ACCA Careers is recruiting a qualified finance professional to join the UK division of an international engineering group near Nottingham and Derby. You will partner with senior stakeholders to deliver accurate monthly forecasts, profitability insights, and robust financial input for bids.

The role involves revenue recognition, collaboration with the billing team, cost centre reporting, budgeting, and driving standardised reporting across the business, with a mix of office days and flexible

Qualifications

• Qualified or QBE finance professional with proven commercial accounting ability.
• Experience supporting the delivery of long-term, high-value contracts in Manufacturing/Engineering/Construction.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Operational and Contract Managers to deliver accurate monthly forecasts and clear visibility of contract profitability.
• Review contracts to understand financial implications and ensure appropriate controls are in place.
• Support new bids and tenders with robust financial input and commercial insight.
• Ensure accurate and compliant revenue recognition in line with long-term contract accounting principles.
• Work closely with the billing team to ensure timely and accurate invoicing.
• Provide regular performance analysis and cost centre reporting to senior management.
• Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, with a focus on sales, margins, and performance vs. plan.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to standardised reporting and best practice across the business.

Skills

Commercial accounting ability

Job description

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you'll work closely with senior stakeholders to support strategic decision-making, delivering accurate and timely financial analysis that drives real impact

Client Details

UK Division of a growing International Engineering Group, located close to Nottingham and Derby

Description

Business partnering means different things in different organisations, this role will encourage you to apply all your commercial experience, analytical skills as well as your ability to challenge and inform. Your opinion, based on the quality of analysis and insight will be key to the continued success of this business.

There is an element of Month end but your focus will be

• Partnering with Operational and Contract Managers to deliver accurate monthly forecasts and clear visibility of contract profitability
• Reviewing contracts to understand financial implications and ensure appropriate controls are in place
• Supporting new bids and tenders with robust financial input and commercial insight
• Ensuring accurate and compliant revenue recognition in line with long‑term contract accounting principles
• Working closely with the billing team to ensure timely and accurate invoicing
• Providing regular performance analysis and cost centre reporting to senior management
• Supporting budgeting and forecasting cycles, with a focus on sales, margins, and performance vs. plan
• Driving continuous improvement initiatives and contribute to standardised reporting and best practice across the business

Profile

You will be a qualified or QBE finance professional with proven commercial accounting ability, with experience of supporting the delivery of long term, high value contracts, ideally in a Manufacturing / Engineering / Construction environment.

Job Offer

57-60k, plus bonus and 7% pension contribution.

You will be in the office 2-3 days and there is flexibility in working hours