Finance Business Partner

Silven Recruitment; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

A successful multisite food business is seeking a Commercial Finance Business Partner. This role involves analyzing sales and providing strategic financial insights while working closely with sales and finance teams. The ideal candidate should be a qualified accountant with strong analytical skills, ideally from an FMCG or manufacturing background.

Qualifications

• Experience in business partnering in food, FMCG, or manufacturing.
• Ability to break down complex data into understandable formats.
• Proactive in identifying trends and areas for improvement.

Responsibilities

• Analyse sales data and performance, identifying growth opportunities.
• Provide financial advice to support pricing strategies and margin maintenance.
• Lead financial reporting and present at commercial meetings.

Skills

Analytical skills

Strong communication

Commercial acumen

Education

Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Job description

Commercial Finance Business Partner

York Hybrid Working Options Available

Salary: up to GBP57,000 (DOE) + Benefits

We re partnering with a successful, multisite food business who are looking for a Commercial Finance Business Partner to join their team. This is a key role offering plenty of variety, from analysing sales to customer profitability and driving commercial decisions and strategy.

About the Role

Reporting to the Head of Commercial Finance, this is a true business partner role where you ll be working closely with the Commercial Director and sales team to provide financial insights and guidance.

Some of your key responsibilities will include:

• Analysing sales data and performance, identifying trends, opportunities for growth, and improved profitability.
• Providing sound financial advice to support pricing strategies, ensuring the commercial teams can maintain margins and be fully aware of wider market conditions.
• Working with the wider finance team to support forecasting, budgeting and S&OP processes.
• Leading on financial reporting and presenting at commercial meetings.
• Being the go to person for commercial queries, providing advice and guidance on anything from payment terms through to key commercial decisions.
• Proactively looking for new and improved ways of working and cost–saving opportunities.

About You

This is an ideal opportunity for a qualified accountant who thrives in a commercial, sales–focused environment and using data to shape business decisions. A background in food would be ideal, but we re keen to hear from anybody with the following:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
• Experience of working in a business partnering role, ideally in a food, FMCG, or manufacturing environment.
• Excellent analytical and reporting skills, able to break down complex data into easy to understand formats.
• Strong communication skills, able to work closely with, and influence, finance and non–financial colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Proactive approach, able to identify trends and identify areas for improvement.

Why Apply?

This is your chance to join an established and successful food business where you can make a real impact on performance.

To find out more, apply today!