Finance Business Partner

ICAEW; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Hybrid work

Career progression

Job summary

Hays Senior Finance partners with a successful multi-site organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner for its Warwickshire/Northamptonshire border-based finance team. The role focuses on budgeting, forecasting and commercial reporting to support profitability and decision-making.

You will work with senior stakeholders across the business, provide high-quality financial insight, and lead KPI reporting while developing investment appraisals and longer-term financial planning.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) or nearing qualification.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to analyse large data sets.
• Effective communicator turning financial info into insights for non-finance stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Act as Finance Business Partner to stakeholders.
• Provide budgeting, forecasting and commercial reporting.
• Analyse performance and highlight risks/opportunities.
• Support investment appraisals and post-investment reviews.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term planning.
• Track profitability initiatives and KPI reporting.
• Oversee P&L and balance sheet with Finance team.

Skills

ACCA/ACA/CIMA

Advanced Excel

Commercial awareness

Communication

SQL

Data visualisation

Tools

SQL

Power BI

Excel

Job description

Your new company

Hays Senior Finance is partnering with a successful and established multi-site organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner for its finance team based on the Warwickshire/Northamptonshire border. This is an excellent opportunity to join a commercially focused business in a role that will provide significant exposure to senior stakeholders and operational teams. You will play an important part in supporting commercial decision-making, improving profitability and providing high-quality financial insight across the organisation.

Your new role

As Finance Business Partner, you will work closely with key stakeholders across the business, providing insightful financial analysis and challenging operational performance. You will take ownership of budgeting, forecasting and commercial reporting, while helping the business identify opportunities to improve sales, margin and profitability. Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a key Finance Business Partner to operational and commercial stakeholders.
• Providing clear, commercially focused reporting to support data-driven decision-making.
• Analysing financial performance and trends, highlighting key risks and opportunities.
• Supporting investment appraisals and completing post-investment reviews.
• Leading and supporting budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning.
• Tracking key commercial initiatives and identifying opportunities to improve profitability.
• Reviewing and developing KPI reporting to provide greater insight into business performance.
• Working collaboratively across Finance to provide oversight of P&L and balance sheet performance.

What you'll need to succeed

Ideally, you will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), although candidates who are nearing completion of their professional qualification will also be considered. You will have strong commercial awareness alongside advanced Excel skills and the ability to analyse and manipulate large volumes of data. Crucially, you will be an effective communicator who can turn complex financial information into meaningful insight for both finance and non-finance stakeholders. Experience within a multi-site or supply chain environment, together with exposure to profitability analysis and working capital management, would be advantageous. Knowledge of SQL, process automation or data visualisation tools would also be beneficial.

What you'll get in return

You will join a successful business offering a salary of £50,000-£60,000 and bonus alongside a comprehensive benefits package. The organisation offers genuine hybrid flexibility, with three days per week in the office and two days working from home, together with opportunities for continued professional development and career progression.