Finance Business Partner

Alexander Daniels Finance Recruitment; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Bonus

Private healthcare

Private pension scheme

Job summary

Alexander Daniels Finance Recruitment seeks a Finance Business Partner for a leading retail business in Solihull, West Midlands. The role focuses on commercial analysis, customer profitability and true business partnering, with minimal technical reporting.

The position offers a salary of £60,000 to £70,000, car allowance, bonus, private healthcare and pension. Hybrid working: Solihull 1-2 days/week, 1 day site visits, 2-3 days from home.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience as a business partner.
• Experience in multisite business forecasting and financial modelling.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and commercial analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Financial analysis of sales revenue and margin data for P&L owners.
• Analyse customer profitability and remedial strategies where budgets are not met.
• Own FP&A activities including budgeting and forecasting for your division.
• Analyse commercial KPIs to inform the monthly board pack.
• Partner with group sales, commercial and marketing to improve performance.
• Discuss terms with external customers to renegotiate where needed.
• Present monthly findings to Head of Commercial Finance and CFO, support five-year plan projects.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial analysis

Budgeting & forecasting

Multisite FP&A

Education

ACMA/ACCA/ICAEW/ICAS

Job description

Finance Business Partner required for a leading retail business based in Solihull, West Midlands. This role would suit a qualified accountant with experience in a multisite business who can support financial modelling, value-added stakeholder engagement and supporting a five year transformative business plan.

This is a role with minimal technical reporting, and focusing on commercial analysis, customer profitability and true business partnering.

This role is paying £60,000 to £70,000 and comes with a car allowance, bonus, private healthcare and private pension scheme. The role is based in Solihull 1-2 days per week, with 1 day visiting sites across the Midlands, the remaining 2-3 days working from home.

As the Finance Business Partner, you will be responsible for:

• Financial analysis of sales revenue and margin data to inform P&L owners and contribute towards pricing decisions in line with the group's strategic business plan
• Customer profitability analysis to assess revenue and profit per account, and suggest remedial strategies where shortfalls against budget occur
• Ownership of FP&A activities, including budgeting and forecasting for your division
• Analysis of commercial KPIs away from core finance to inform strategic position in preparation for the monthly board pack
• Business partnering the group sales, commercial and marketing teams to discuss financial position and develop strategies to improve performance
• Discussions with external stakeholders, including customers, to renegotiate terms and amend accounts where necessary to achieve targets
• Presenting monthly to the Head of Commercial Finance, and regularly presenting information to the CFO
• Supporting ongoing projects as part of the group's five-year transformation plan, including process improvement, new systems utilisation and ad hoc projects

You must be a qualified accountant (ACMA, ACCA or ICAEW/ICAS) for this position, with strong experience as a business partner, ideally in a fast-paced commercial environment (preferably retail, alternatively in distribution/logistics, wholesale or manufacturing).