Finance Business Partner

Chemring Energetics UK Ltd; Stevenston; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits as a Finance Business Partner within a global leader in energetic materials. This role is pivotal in monitoring and analyzing financial metrics that directly influence the company's budget and forecast. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders, providing valuable insights to drive financial performance and identify growth opportunities. The company promotes a dynamic work environment, offering a hybrid working model that supports work-life balance. If you're passionate about finance and eager to make a significant impact, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle2work

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong technical accounting skills and attention to detail.
• Experience in manufacturing and standard costing is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and analyze financial KPIs and margins to support decision-making.
• Conduct detailed analysis of the company's cost base and gross margins.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Problem-Solving

Education

Qualified Accountant (CA/ACCA/CIMA)

Post Qualified Experience in Industry

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Financial Reporting Software

Job description

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Finance Business Partner

Salary - Depending on experience

Hybrid - 3 days in office, 2 days at home

Chemring Energetics UK is a global business providing a range of equipment based on energetic materials for defence, civil defence and key commercial customers. An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a Finance Business Partner.

We are looking for a Finance Business Partner to play a key role in monitoring and analysing margins, financial KPIs, and other critical metrics that influence our company's budget and forecast on a monthly basis. As a key member of our Finance team, you will provide valuable insights to support decision-making, helping to identify opportunities for growth and potential risks within the business. If you thrive in a dynamic environment and enjoy working closely with stakeholders to drive financial performance, we’d love to hear from you!

Key Accountabilities & Duties:

• Carry out all activities in full compliance with H&SE legislation, within company policy and procedure.
• Responsible for reporting any unsafe acts or unsafe conditions observed (using the Near Miss System) in accordance with responsibilities under the Health and Safety at work Act.
• Identifying the financial impact of opportunities and threats that exist within the business and how this could impact on the company’s budget and forecast on a month-to-month basis.
• Detailed analysis of the company’s cost base, identifying areas for improvement.
• Detailed analysis of gross margins achieved each month across Devices, HE and Propellants.
• Analysis of sales to budget on a monthly basis.
• Working closely with peers to ensure knowledge is shared and to help decision-making across the wider business.
• Monitor Project spend to ensure this is aligned to company objectives.
• Assist in Overhead reporting each month and working closely with budget owners to ensure discretionary spend is managed effectively.
• Working closely with budget owners through the budget process, managing financial targets and priorities.
• Maintain detailed asset breakdown schedules for tax and internal reporting purposes.
• Assist with internal and year end audit process.
• Review and approval of bank payments as required.
• Assist the Financial Controller with monthly and year end reporting.
• Assist in other month-end tasks as appropriate.

The Candidate:

• Must have personal commitment to Safety, Quality and Environmental standards.
• Strong bias for action to identify potential problems and co-ordinate their resolution before they become an issue.
• Continually seeks to identify new ideas and implement new opportunities, which deliver business benefit.
• The ability to lead, build and develop effective relationships and use these to improve performance.
• Strong IT, communication and team working skills.
• Knowledge of the principles of company policy and operating procedures in order to ensure site and company compliance.

Qualifications/Experience:

• Qualified accountant (CA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Post qualified experience of working in industry is preferred.
• Strong technical accounting skills with great attention to detail.
• Prior Manufacturing and Standard Costing experience would be a distinct advantage.
• Comfortable working to tight deadlines.
• Ability to respect and apply confidentiality.
• Strong analytical skills to support business decision making processes.

In return, we offer a competitive salary plus excellent benefits, including pension, healthcare, an employee assistance programme as well as a range of flexible benefits including Cycle2work and several local and national employee discounts. Also, where practical, we will support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle which could include the ability to flex your start and stop times or part time/condensed hours to assist with your work-life balance.

If you have the necessary skills and experience for the position of Finance Business Partner, then we would love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting your CV and a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role.

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Seniority level

• Not Applicable

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance
• Industries
• Defense and Space Manufacturing