Finance Business Partner

JR United Kingdom; Northampton; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in Northampton is seeking a Finance Business Partner to join their dynamic Finance team on a 9-month fixed-term contract. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate with brand managers, ensuring financial accuracy and alignment with budget expectations. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, contributing to key financial processes and commercial strategies. With a focus on financial reporting, month-end close, and stakeholder engagement, this position promises to enhance your professional growth while making a significant impact on the organization.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in finance business partnering or commercial finance.
• Strong management accounting skills including accruals and reconciliations.

Responsibilities

• Manage and track spend across multiple campaigns and initiatives.
• Deliver accurate financial reporting and variance analysis.

Skills

Finance Business Partnering

Management Accounting

Excel Skills

Analytical Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Part-Qualified

Qualified by Experience (QBE)

Fully Qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)

Job description

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Gleeson Recruitment Group are supporting a well-established organisation in Northampton in their search for a Finance Business Partner to join their Finance team on a 9-month fixed-term contract.

This role will be focused on supporting and working closely with brand managers to ensure spend is accurately tracked and aligned with forecast and budget expectations. The position offers the opportunity to work within a fast-paced and collaborative environment, contributing to key financial processes and wider commercial strategy.

The role is paying between £40,000 - £50,000 depending on experience with two days in the office and three from home.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with brand and marketing teams to manage and track spend across multiple campaigns and initiatives.
• Deliver accurate and timely financial reporting, including detailed variance analysis against budget and forecast.
• Take ownership of key aspects of month-end close, including posting accruals, prepayments, and conducting balance sheet reconciliations.
• Provide financial input and support on new product development projects, including forecasting and modelling.
• Support broader commercial finance activity, with potential to assist across other business units depending on capacity and business need.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to streamline reporting and improve insight.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Proven experience in a finance business partnering or commercial finance role, ideally within a fast-paced environment.
• Strong management accounting skills, including accruals, prepayments, and reconciliations.
• Excellent Excel and analytical skills with the ability to present data in a clear and actionable way.
• Comfortable working independently to tight month-end deadlines.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills and confidence in building relationships across teams.

Qualifications:

• Open to candidates who are part-qualified, qualified by experience (QBE), or fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
• Experience within FMCG or a commercially focused business is desirable but not essential.