Finance Business Partner - Dunbar

CRH; North Berwick; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading building materials company in North Berwick is seeking a Finance Business Partner to provide strategic financial insights and collaborate with the plant management team. This role requires an ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders. You will support financial reporting, develop performance plans, and present quarterly to the Managing Director. The position offers career progression and travel opportunities to various sites within the organization.

Benefits

Bonus scheme

Enhanced holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Access to discounts on retailers

Employee Assistance helpline

Training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving business performance.
• Confident in proposing innovative solutions.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Support plant management team to understand business drivers.
• Translate financial analysis into clear recommendations.
• Provide proactive financial advice to optimize profitability.
• Lead the development of performance plans and budgets.
• Support investment decisions through CAPEX evaluations.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Excellent communication

Influencing stakeholders

Challenging assumptions

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking for an ambitious and enthusiastic Finance Business Partnerto act as atrusted 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

• Supportandcollaboratewith the plant management teamtounderstandbusiness drivers and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Translate financialanalysisinto clear recommendations thatsupportoperational and strategic decisions.
• Provide proactive financial advice andchallengestakeholders to optimize cost efficiency and profitability.
• Be responsible for reporting accurate financial and non-financial information (including KPIs and varianceanalysis) within strict deadlines
• Leadthe development of performance plans, budgets, and forecasts, with quarterly presentations to the Managing Director.
• Supportinvestment decisions through robust CAPEX evaluations and scenarioanalysis.

Experience & qualifications

To be successful in this role you'll need:

• To hold an ACA / ACCA / CIMAqualification, with strong commercial acumen
• To be a team player with excellent communication and interpersonalskills
• Have a proven track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving business performance.
• To be confidentin 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 organization, you’ll gain exposure to seniordecision-making, strategic projects, and cross-functionalcollaboration.The role will provide the opportunity of 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 acollaborative, 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?

Benefits

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

• Bonus scheme
• Enhanced holiday entitlement
• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to the Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communitiesinc.(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 arecommittedto creating aninclusivework environment for all employees andactivelyencourage applications from all sectors of the community.