Finance Business Partner - Dunbar

Oldcastle Inc.; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A large multinational company in Dunbar, Scotland seeks a Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insights and collaborate closely with the plant management team. This role demands an ACA, ACCA, or CIMA qualification and strong commercial acumen. Responsibilities include financial analysis, budget forecasting, and stakeholder engagement to drive asset performance. The position offers potential for career progression and professional development, alongside competitive benefits like enhanced holidays and a contributory pension scheme.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to Tarmac Reward website with discounts

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Holding an ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification with strong commercial acumen.
• Being a team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Having a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders.
• Being confident in challenging assumptions and proposing innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Support and collaborate with the plant management team to understand business drivers.
• Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations.
• Provide proactive financial advice and challenge stakeholders.
• Report accurate financial and non-financial information within strict deadlines.
• Lead the development of performance plans, budgets, and forecasts.
• Support investment decisions through robust CAPEX evaluations.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Influencing senior stakeholders

Challenging assumptions

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification

Job description

We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic Finance Business Partner to act as a trusted advisor to our plant leadership team, helping shape decisions that deliver performance plans and sustainable growth based at our site in Dunbar, Scotland.

With Functional Reporting to the UK Operations Finance Manager; you will be part of the onsite plant management team, going beyond traditional finance tasks to partner with operational leaders, providing strategic insight and challenging assumptions to influence outcomes. Your role will focus on turning financial data into actionable plans, ensuring that budgets, forecasts, and performance metrics drive real business value.

Main responsibilities

In this role you'll:

• Support and collaborate with the plant management team to understand business drivers and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations that support operational and strategic decisions.
• Provide proactive financial advice and challenge stakeholders to optimise cost efficiency and profitability.
• Be responsible for reporting accurate financial and non-financial information (including KPIs and variance analysis) within strict deadlines.
• Lead the development of performance plans, budgets, and forecasts, with quarterly presentations to the Managing Director.
• Support investment decisions through robust CAPEX evaluations and scenario analysis.

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• To hold an ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification, with strong commercial acumen.
• To be a team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Have a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving business performance.
• To be confident in challenging assumptions and proposing innovative solutions.

This is a unique opportunity to gain frontline operational experience and a career progression opportunity. As part of a large, dynamic organisation, you’ll gain exposure to senior decision-making, strategic projects, and cross‑functional collaboration. The role will provide the opportunity for travel to other sites including Solihull, Buxton, as well as Ireland to build strong relationships across the business.

We invest in our people, offering clear pathways for advancement into senior finance leadership roles and opportunities to broaden your experience across different areas of the business.

Why Tarmac?

You’ll be joining a collaborative, innovative team. We offer opportunities to grow, take ownership, and work on impactful projects across our organisation and the broader CRH Group.

Ready to build your future with us?

In addition to the role of Finance Business Partner, we also offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry‑leading rewards, incentives and benefits including:

• Enhanced holiday entitlement.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice.
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc. ( REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause.
• Training and development opportunities.

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.