Finance Business Partner

Click Digital; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Aerospace organisation in Farnborough is hiring a Finance Business Partner to deliver high-quality financial insight and planning. This hybrid role involves collaborating with stakeholders, preparing reports, and enhancing financial processes. Candidates should be qualified accountants (CIMA or ACCA) with strong analytical skills and proficiency in Excel. The role is inside IR35 and requires a proactive approach to business partnering.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with CIMA or ACCA certification.
• Analytical, inquisitive, and confident in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work with large datasets and financial processes.

Responsibilities

• Support financial reporting with insightful commentary.
• Collaborate on cost centre performance reviews.
• Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports.

Skills

Data analysis

Financial reporting

Business partnering

Stakeholder communication

Microsoft Excel

Education

Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA)

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics

D365

Job description

We are recruiting for a Finance Business Partner for a leading Aerospace organisation based in Farnborough. This is a hybrid role with 3 days a week on site, 2 days WFH.

Job Purpose

This is a mid-level position, reporting to the Director of Finance Business Partnering. You will work closely with budget owners, members of the executive team and the wider finance function to support the delivery of high-quality financial insight, planning, and decision making.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting the creation and enhancement of monthly financial reporting, including insightful commentary
• Collaborating with budget holders to review cost centre performance and facilitating the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles
• Driving financial accountability, enabling informed decision making and contributing to the continuous improvement of the Business Partnering team

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering - Act as a trusted and proactive business partner, advising on emerging financial trends, opportunities, and threats
• Financial Modeling & Forecasting - Collaborate and prepare financial planning tools and models to support budgeting, forecasting, and strategic planning processes
• Strategic Support - Develop robust financial models, business cases, and presentations to support business decisions
• Stakeholder Communication - Clearly communicate complex financial information and recommendations to department heads, senior management, and other stakeholders
• Performance Reporting - Prepare and deliver monthly financial reports and commentary for cost centres and review variances to budgets and forecast
• Collaboration - Work closely with the Financial Control team to ensure accuracy of postings
• Cost Analysis and Insight - Provide detailed cost analysis, commentary, and insight for cost centre owners, for both overheads and projects providing guidance to support decision making
• Board and Management Reporting - Support delivery of the monthly management reports and the Board materials
• Process Improvements and System Development - Drive continuous improvement in financial processes and systems, including enhancements to D365 and other tools supporting budgeting, forecasting, and reporting

Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA)
• Impactful, inquisitive, analytical, confident individual able to work in a fast-moving start up environment
• Focused on continuous improvement to enhance finance processes
• Focused on detail and ability to work with large amounts of data
• Flexible and capable of dealing with month end duties as well ad-hoc financial analysis and forecasting
• Comfortable dealing with senior stakeholders and able to articulate financial information to non-finance people
• Expert use of Microsoft Excel and MS suite of products (Excel, PowerPoint etc)
• Previous use of accounting systems. Microsoft Dynamics preferable but not essential

This is an umbrella contract, the role is Inside IR35