Finance Business Partner (6 month contract)

Paul Card Recruitment; Thornaby-on-Tees; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Part time

Job summary

Paul Card Recruitment is seeking a Finance Business Partner for an initial six-month fixed-term contract in Middlesbrough. You will work with operational and commercial teams, owning monthly close, producing management accounts and providing insightful variance analysis to support commercial decision making.

Based in Middlesbrough, four days per week in the office. You will prepare budgets and quarterly forecasts, support new commercial opportunities and strengthen internal controls, with

Qualifications

• Qualified, part-qualified, or qualified-by-experience accountant with strong management accounting experience.
• Strong Excel skills are essential for analysing financial and non-financial data.
• Ability to communicate findings clearly to stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end process and produce management accounts.
• Provide variance analysis and present insights to senior leaders.
• Prepare annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Support new commercial opportunities, investments and projects.
• Produce balance-sheet reconciliations.
• Identify and deliver process improvements.
• Support internal controls, year-end audit activity and ad hoc projects.

Skills

Management accounting

Excel

Financial analysis

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified/Part-qualified/Qualified-by-experience accountant

Tools

Excel

Job description

(6-Month Fixed-Term Contract)

Are you looking to work for a leading organisation in Middlesbrough?

We're recruiting a Finance Business Partner for an initial six-month fixed-term contract.

Working closely with operational and commercial teams, you'll act as their key finance contact-providing meaningful analysis, challenging performance and delivering the insight needed to support commercial decision-making.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Owning the month-end process and producing management accounts
• Providing variance analysis and presenting clear insights to senior leaders
• Preparing annual budgets and quarterly forecasts
• Supporting new commercial opportunities, investments and projects
• Producing balance-sheet reconciliations
• Identifying and delivering process improvements
• Supporting internal controls, year-end audit activity and ad hoc projects

We're looking for a qualified, part-qualified or qualified-by-experience accountant with strong management-accounting experience. You'll be commercially minded, naturally analytical and confident building relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

Strong Excel skills are essential, alongside the ability to interpret financial and non-financial data and communicate your findings clearly.

The role is based in Middlesbrough, with four days per week in the office.