Finance Business Partner - Operations

ICAEW; Rugby; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Life assurance

Enhanced family policies

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Learning & development

Job summary

Hays Senior Finance partners with a successful, established, fast-paced multi-site organisation to recruit a Finance Business Partner for its finance team near the Warwickshire/Northamptonshire border. You will provide financial insight, challenge and support to help improve business performance, working closely with sales and operations teams.

You will analyse large data sets, identify trends and present clear recommendations to influence commercial decisions.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with demonstrable commercial Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets capability with large data sets.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate financial information into commercial insight.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercial finance support and effective business partnering to key stakeholders.
• Collaborate with sales and operations to understand and improve financial performance.
• Present financial and commercial themes at management meetings.
• Analyse complex data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Proactively identify commercial challenges and develop solutions for multi-site network.

Skills

Excel

Google Sheets

Communication skills

Data analysis

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Your new company

Hays Senior Finance is partnering with a successful, established and fast-paced multi-site organisation to recruit a qualified Finance Business Partner for its finance team based on the Warwickshire/Northamptonshire border. This is a highly commercial opportunity where you will work closely with sales and operational teams, providing financial insight, challenge and support to help improve business performance. The role offers significant exposure to non-finance stakeholders and an opportunity to directly influence commercial decision-making.

Your new role

As Finance Business Partner, you will provide high-quality financial analysis and commercial insight to sales and operational teams across key customers. You will analyse large volumes of data, identify trends and commercial opportunities, and translate your findings into clear recommendations that support improved business performance. You will act as a trusted finance partner, challenging stakeholders and helping the business make well-informed commercial decisions. Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing commercial finance support and effective business partnering to key stakeholders.
• Working closely with sales and operations teams to understand and improve financial performance.
• Presenting key financial and commercial themes at management meetings.
• Analysing complex data to identify trends, risks and opportunities.
• Proactively identifying commercial challenges and developing solutions to improve performance across a multi-site network.
• Providing constructive challenge to operational and commercial stakeholders.
• Acting as a trusted sounding board when navigating complex commercial decisions.
• Turning financial information into clear, actionable recommendations for non-finance stakeholders.

What you'll need to succeed

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with demonstrable experience of working in a commercial Finance Business Partnering position, ideally within a large, fast-paced or multi-site organisation. You will have a strong commercial mindset and be confident partnering with senior non-finance stakeholders across sales and operations. You will be comfortable challenging existing ways of working and using financial information to influence commercial decisions. Strong Excel and/or Google Sheets capability is essential, including experience manipulating and interpreting large datasets. You will also need excellent communication skills, with the ability to turn complex financial information into straightforward commercial insight. You will be organised, proactive and comfortable working autonomously while managing multiple priorities.

What you'll get in return

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join a successful organisation where Finance has a genuine voice within the business. Alongside a salary of £50,000-£60,000 and bonus, you will receive a comprehensive benefits package including flexible working options, life assurance, enhanced family policies, employee discounts and wellbeing support. The organisation also provides ongoing learning and development opportunities, making this a strong opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within a large and commercially focused finance function.