Finance Business Partner

SRM Recruitment; Northampton; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

SRM Recruitment is supporting an established organisation in Northampton to recruit a Finance Business Partner / Management Accountant. The role blends hands-on management accounting with real business partnering, engaging with operational stakeholders and influencing decisions across the business.

You will lead the monthly management accounts process, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis, plus balance sheet reconciliations and KPI reporting, driving improvements to processes and

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE).
• Experience producing management accounts, budgeting and forecasting.
• Comfortable engaging with people outside of finance.

Responsibilities

• Preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Working closely with operational managers, providing financial insight and support
• Helping budget holders understand performance, risks and opportunities
• Month-end accounting including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
• KPI and performance reporting
• Supporting improvements to financial processes, controls and reporting
• Building strong relationships across finance and the wider organisation

Skills

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Stakeholder engagement

KPI reporting

Financial controls

Month-end close

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA or QBE

Job description

Finance Business Partner / Management Accountant

I am working confidentially with an established organisation in Northampton to recruit a Finance Business Partner / Management Accountant.

This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys the technical side of management accounting but equally wants to work closely with operational stakeholders and have a more visible role across the wider business.

The position will combine hands-on management accounting with genuine business partnering, supporting managers to understand financial performance, manage budgets and make informed commercial decisions.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Preparation and analysis of monthly management accounts
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Working closely with operational managers, providing financial insight and support
• Helping budget holders understand performance, risks and opportunities
• Month-end accounting including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations
• KPI and performance reporting
• Supporting improvements to financial processes, controls and reporting
• Building strong relationships across finance and the wider organisation

About you

You may be professionally qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or qualified by experience (QBE). The client is deliberately open-minded on qualification and is much more interested in finding someone with strong management accounting fundamentals who is confident, personable and comfortable engaging with people outside of finance.

You will have solid experience producing management accounts, budgeting and forecasting, alongside exposure to working with operational stakeholders or budget holders.

This could particularly suit an experienced Management Accountant who enjoys the stakeholder-facing elements of their current role and would like to develop further into a broader business partnering position.