Finance Business Partner

TN United Kingdom; Warrington; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a proactive Finance Business Partner to join their team. This full-time role involves providing financial analysis, managing budgets, and supporting senior management in strategic decision-making. You will play a crucial role in enhancing operational efficiency and profitability while ensuring robust financial controls. With a competitive salary, attractive bonus scheme, and numerous benefits, this opportunity offers career development in a successful company. If you are a qualified accountant with a commercial mindset and excellent communication skills, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Minimum of 31 days holiday

Discounts through phs Perks

Pension and Life Assurance

Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

Free onsite parking

ILM accredited training opportunities

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with experience in financial analysis and advice.
• Proactive self-starter with commercial awareness and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and manage budgets, forecasts, and detailed financial reporting.
• Provide financial analysis and advice on operational issues and commercial decisions.
• Ensure robust financial controls and compliance with legal standards.

Skills

Financial Analysis

Commercial Awareness

Communication Skills

Budget Management

KPI Management

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA)

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Position: Finance Business Partner

Competitive salary plus bonus and benefits

Full Time, permanent position

Are you a commercially aware Qualified Accountant with experience in providing financial analysis and advice to senior management? Are you looking for a role where you can make a difference? We’d really like to meet you…

Come and join our established and successful company as a Finance Business Partner. You’ll be joining phs Group, the largest hygiene services provider in the UK with 120,000 customers in more than 300,000 locations. If you have experience in providing meaningful financial analysis, advice, and incisive management information, come and be part of our success.

You will support phs Compliance, the UK’s leading provider of electrical and testing services with over 500 employees. You’ll work directly for the MD of phs Compliance and be responsible for the customer billing and credit management functions. This diverse role involves providing commercial and financial advice, challenge, and support to the MD and managers. In return, you will receive an excellent salary, bonus, car allowance, and additional benefits.

The Role of Finance Business Partner with phs Compliance

1. Prepare and manage the annual budget, monthly forecast, and detailed reporting and analysis of variances, including plans for addressing any negative variances.
2. Provide proactive and meaningful financial analysis and advice on operational issues and commercial decision-making, including pricing policy, business cases, capex requirements, and tracking costs and benefits.
3. Support the Managing Director in the profitable development of the business within the framework of the phs Compliance business plan.
4. Provide clear management information to enable fact-based decision making. Present reports in a consistent, clear format, interpreting variances and trends, and relating these to operational performance.
5. Prepare monthly trading reviews and board reports, presenting meaningful results to senior leaders.
6. Coordinate the division’s budget and forecasting processes, providing analysis and commentary to the Leadership Team and Group Finance.
7. Ensure robust financial controls, high standards in financial systems and reporting, data accuracy, and legal compliance.
8. Work with the MD and leaders to develop pricing policies that deliver new business with acceptable margins and risks, and improve operational efficiency and profitability.
9. Collaborate with the Billing and Credit Control Manager to ensure correct billing and cash collection, managing cash to terms and achieving budgeted DSO.
10. Produce accurate reports on Credit Management performance.

The right person for the role

• A commercially astute, proactive self-starter, based in or near Warrington, qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA).
• Experience as a Business Partner within a senior management team, understanding key business drivers.
• Experience in maintaining profitability and service standards using KPIs and ratios.
• Strong commercial awareness, ensuring opportunities are evaluated to minimize risks and maintain profit margins.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, capable of contributing to strategy and policy development, with an open, honest, and constructive approach.
• Broad financial management experience in a B2B service organization, with a proactive, ownership-driven attitude.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and attractive bonus scheme
• Minimum of 31 days holiday including Bank Holidays, with buy/sell scheme
• Discounts through phs Perks
• Pension and Life Assurance
• Enhanced maternity and paternity leave
• Free onsite parking
• ILM accredited training opportunities
• Career development in a successful company

Interested in a defining career with phs Compliance? Join us!