Finance Business Partner

TQR; Exeter; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services firm in Exeter is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support senior operational leaders. This role involves providing commercial insights and driving efficiencies across multiple manufacturing sites. Key responsibilities include managing budgets and forecasts, monitoring performance, and preparing management accounts. The ideal candidate should have strong analytical skills, experience in financial leadership, and proficiency in data analysis tools like Power BI.

Qualifications

• Experience in providing commercial insight to operational leaders.
• Strong analytical skills to monitor performance and drive efficiencies.
• Ability to partner with stakeholders to improve financial control.

Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to Operations across multiple sites.
• Develop, manage, and control budgets and forecasts.
• Monitor performance against plans and provide actionable insight.
• Prepare month-end close and management accounts.

Skills

Financial leadership

Variance analysis

Budget management

Data analysis

Power BI

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Description

Role Overview

This Finance Business Partner role supports senior operational leaders across manufacturing sites, providing commercial insight and financial leadership to help deliver operational and financial targets. Working closely with Operations, the role focuses on analysing performance, improving decision-making, and proactively driving efficiencies and value creation.

The position plays a key role within the site leadership team, partnering with stakeholders across the business to improve financial control, forecasting accuracy, and operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a finance business partner to Operations across multiple sites, ensuring clear understanding and ownership of all aspects of the profit and loss account
• Work closely with operational teams to develop, manage and control budgets, forecasts and manufacturing plans
• Monitor performance against plans using robust variance analysis and provide actionable insight
• Support the preparation of month-end close and management accounts
• Contribute to the development of financial plans that deliver cost savings and improved value for money
• Use data and modern reporting tools, including Power BI, to produce dashboards, reports and analysis identifying trends, risks and opportunities
• Proactively identify and drive process and performance improvements