Finance Business Partner

IFF Talent; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic recruitment firm in Leeds is seeking a Finance Business Partner to drive performance and make impactful financial decisions. This role supports ambitious individuals who are newly or nearly qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) from high-growth environments and value mentorship. Expect to engage closely with business operations, challenge performance metrics, and utilize analytical skills in a supportive setting aimed at leadership development. If you're ready to accelerate your career with a rapidly growing organization, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Free mentoring access

Career guidance

Wellbeing support

Investment in mental health initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in fast-paced, high-volume environments such as Retail, FMCG, Supply Chain or Logistics.
• Ambition and energy to grow in a complex environment.
• Strong commercial acumen with analytical mindset.

Responsibilities

• Drive performance and challenge costs and risks.
• Translate complex data into commercial insights.
• Engage with regional leadership teams and hold budgets accountable.

Skills

Commercial judgement

Analytical and modelling capability

Influencing skills

Relationship building

Curiosity

Resilience

Ability to challenge constructively

Education

Newly or nearly qualified (ACCA / CIMA / ACA)

Job description

Finance Business Partner £50 - £55k Leeds Based / Hybrid Working

This Is Where High-Potential Finance Careers Accelerate

You didn't qualify as an ACA/CIMA/ACCA accountant to sit behind a desk refreshing reports.

You qualified to be in the business. To influence decisions. To challenge. To shape outcomes. To become a future finance leader.

If your current role still feels like preparation rather than participation, this could be the move that changes everything.

A Business Built for People Who Want More

This is a multi-billion-pound organisation that has more than trebled in size in just a few years. Growth on this scale creates opportunity - but only for people who can keep up.

The finance function here isn't an afterthought. It's a critical driver of performance, embedded directly into operations and decision-making.

That's why they're strengthening their Finance Business Partnering team with high-energy, high-impact individuals who want to be seen, heard and developed.

Not Business Partner in Title. Business Partner in Reality.

This is an out-and-out commercial finance role.

You'll be:

• Out in the business, travelling across regional hubs and operational sites
• Embedded with regional leadership teams
• Challenging performance, cost, risk and delivery
• Translating complex data into clear commercial stories
• Holding budgets to account and driving performance‑improving action

This is finance in motion – not finance in isolation.

Learn From One of the Best

You'll report into a Commercial FD with a serious reputation – not just for results, but for developing people into future finance leaders.

He's known for:

• Backing talent early
• Coaching rather than controlling
• Giving stretch opportunities, not limiting exposure

Even though you'll be immersed in operations, there is deliberate, protected time for your development. This role is as much about who you become as what you deliver.

Why This Role Is a Career Multiplier

This environment will stretch you - quickly.

You'll develop:

• Commercial judgement and confidence
• Advanced analytical and modelling capability
• Influencing skills with senior, non‑finance stakeholders
• Systems and insight expertise at serious scale
• A reputation as someone who gets things done

Experience in fast‑paced, high‑volume environments such as Retail, FMCG, Supply Chain or Logistics will set you up exceptionally well here.

This is not a place to hide. It's a place to grow fast.

Who This Is For

You'll be:

• Newly or nearly qualified (ACCA / CIMA / ACA)
• Coming from a high‑growth or large, complex organisation
• Commercially minded and analytically strong
• Confident building relationships and challenging constructively
• Energised by pace, complexity and accountability

What matters most is ambition, curiosity and resilience.

The Bottom Line

If you want:

• Real business partnering, not a diluted version
• Exposure that accelerates your progression
• A mentor who invests in your future
• A business growing at breathtaking speed
• A role where your potential is genuinely realised

This could be the step that puts your career on a completely different trajectory.

If you're ready to kick on and start moving up the ranks properly, it's worth a conversation.

• We're a purpose‑driven search firm built on one belief: recruitment should leave people and communities better than we found them.
• Alongside expert hiring support, we offer free mentoring access, career guidance, and wellbeing support throughout your journey.
• We also reinvest 3% of our profits into mental health and social impact initiatives – including MHFA training, wellbeing workshops, and youth outreach.

With IFF Talent, you're not just applying for a role.

You're joining a recruitment experience designed to create real, lasting impact.