Finance Business Partner - Hybrid

Sheridan Maine; Wimborne Minster; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheridan Maine is partnering with an established business in Wimborne to recruit a Finance Business Partner. You'll work with operational and business leaders to provide meaningful financial insight and influence decisions.

This role covers hands-on financial reporting, forward-looking analysis, budgeting and forecasting, and month-end processes. It offers hybrid working from Wimborne and involvement across multiple business areas to support growth.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Finance Business Partner or similar role.
• Strong management accounting including month-end, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Ability to interpret complex financial information for non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience analysing revenue, margins, costs and business performance.
• ACCA/CIMA/ACA or working towards one.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance partner to operational and commercial teams, providing insight, guidance and constructive challenge.
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis and performance reporting, helping stakeholders understand drivers behind revenue and costs.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning to support objectives.
• Review project and contract financial performance, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Produce regular management information and KPI reporting on sales, margins and expenditure.
• Support month-end reporting with accurate results and timely MI delivery.
• Own balance sheet areas, including inventory and debtors, with strong controls.
• Collaborate across teams to improve reporting and decision-making.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis for strategic initiatives.

Skills

Finance partner

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Variance analysis

Financial analysis

Excel

Stakeholder management

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Tools

Excel

Job description

Are you a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working closely with the business, challenging the numbers and helping shape financial decisions?

Sheridan Maine is delighted to be partnering with an established and successful business based in Wimborne to recruit a Finance Business Partner.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a collaborative finance team in a varied and commercially focused role, where you'll work closely with operational and business leaders to provide meaningful financial insight, influence decision-making and support business performance.
Combining hands-on financial reporting with forward-looking analysis and business partnering, this position offers the opportunity to gain exposure to multiple business areas and make a tangible contribution to the organisation's ongoing success.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted finance partner to operational and commercial teams, providing insight, guidance and constructive challenge.
• Deliver meaningful financial analysis and performance reporting, helping stakeholders understand the key drivers behind revenue, costs and profitability.
• Take an active role in budgeting, forecasting and longer-term financial planning, supporting business objectives and future growth.
• Review the financial performance of projects and contracts, identifying trends, potential risks and opportunities for improvement.
• Produce regular management information and KPI reporting, including sales, margins, expenditure and overall financial performance.
• Support the month-end reporting process, ensuring accurate financial results and timely delivery of management information.
• Take ownership of key balance sheet areas, including inventory and debtors, maintaining strong financial controls.
• Work collaboratively across finance and operational teams to improve reporting, strengthen processes and support commercial decision-making.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis to support business initiatives and strategic projects.

About You

We're looking for a proactive and commercially astute finance professional who can combine strong analytical skills with the ability to build effective relationships across the business.
Ideally, you'll have:

• Previous experience in a Finance Business Partner, Management Accountant, Commercial Accountant or similar commercially focused finance role.
• Strong management accounting experience, including month-end reporting, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• The ability to interpret complex financial information and communicate it clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience analysing revenue, margins, costs and business performance.
• Confidence working with operational managers, providing financial guidance and constructively challenging decisions.
• Excellent Excel skills, strong attention to detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving.
• Experience within a manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, defence or project-based environment would be advantageous.
• A recognised accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA or ACA), or be working towards one.

What's on Offer?

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career within an established business where finance plays an integral role in supporting operational and commercial success.
Offering hybrid working from its Wimborne location, the position provides a varied mix of financial reporting, commercial analysis and business partnering, with the opportunity to work closely with key stakeholders and contribute to future business planning.

Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK full-time without restriction.
Due to the volume of applications received, we may not be able to respond to every applicant. If you haven't heard from us within five working days, please assume your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.