Finance Business Partner

Vitae Financial Recruitment; Royston; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

UK travel

Job summary

Vitae Financial Recruitment is supporting an international manufacturing business to recruit a Finance Business Partner. The role focuses on partnering with manufacturing operations to drive commercial insight and strong financial controls. Based in Royston with hybrid working and UK travel.

The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with manufacturing/operational finance experience, excellent Excel skills, and stakeholder management capabilities.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with manufacturing or operational finance experience.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management.
• Hands-on approach with ability to view detail and the wider commercial picture.

Responsibilities

• Partner with factory and operational leadership.
• Analyse manufacturing costs, volumes and performance.
• Product costing and margin analysis.
• Budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Stock and inventory analysis.
• CAPEX monitoring and control.
• Provide commercial insight and financial challenge.
• Improve reporting, processes and financial controls.
• Support audit, Board reporting and wider finance projects.

Skills

Manufacturing finance experience

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Hands-on approach

Education

Qualified accountant

Tools

IFS ERP

ERP systems

Job description

Vitae Financial Recruitment are currently supporting a successful and growing international manufacturing business with the recruitment of a Finance Business Partner to support its factory and operational finance activities.

This is a broad, commercially focused role for a qualified accountant with manufacturing or operational finance experience, who enjoys working closely with operational teams and using financial insight to drive better business decisions.

You will act as a key finance partner to the manufacturing operation, covering areas including cost control, product costing, stock, CAPEX, budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting. You will also play an important role in identifying performance improvement opportunities and ensuring strong financial control across the operation.

Key responsibilities include:

• Business partnering with factory and operational leadership.
• Analysing manufacturing costs, volumes and performance.
• Product costing and margin analysis.
• Budgeting, forecasting and management reporting.
• Stock and inventory analysis.
• CAPEX monitoring and control.
• Providing commercial insight and financial challenge.
• Improving reporting, processes and financial controls.
• Supporting audit, Board reporting and wider finance projects.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous manufacturing, factory or operational finance experience.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills.
• Advanced Excel capability.
• Experience with ERP systems; IFS would be advantageous.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• A hands-on, curious approach with the ability to understand both the detail and the wider commercial picture.

Based in Royston, the role offers hybrid working and will involve some UK travel, with occasional international travel.

This is a confidential appointment. Further details will be provided to suitable candidates.