Finance Business Partner - Senior Manager

Jonathan Lee Recruitment; Preston; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A profitable manufacturing company in Preston is seeking two experienced Finance Business Partners to guide commercial decision-making. This role offers significant exposure to strategic initiatives, requiring qualifications like ACA or ACCA and experience in business partnering. The ideal candidate excels in financial planning, stakeholder management, and analytical skills, contributing to a thriving transformation within the organization.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience required.
• Experience in a business partnering role is essential.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial reports and link them to business strategies.
• Influence stakeholders and drive financial performance.
• Assist in producing annual budgets and forecasts.

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Strategic thinking

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

PowerBI

Job description

Finance Business Partner - Senior Manager

About the Company:

Profitable manufacturing business based in Preston, undergoing a company with transformation and modernisation are looking to hire two experienced finance business partners to aid commercial decision making within manufacturing and supply chain.

An established global brand, with innovative products, the organisation are poised for further growth and success.

The role will report to the UK Head of Finance and work alongside an experienced team. The firm are also going through a systems implementation, the role offering excellent exposure to change programmes and senior leadership interaction.
Key Responsibilities:

• Analyse and provide insights that link financial reports to business strategies.
• Initiate and implement effective commercial procedures and controls to ensure meeting key operational, commercial, and financial targets.
• Improve the impact and understanding of financial reporting on business performance.
• Influence business stakeholders in strategic choices and evaluations to drive financial performance.
• Build partnerships and maintain strong relationships with senior managers and their teams.
• Assist in producing annual budgets and forecasts that accurately reflect business strategy and requirements.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance financial reporting and insights, financial controls, and planning activities.

Requirements:

To ensure your success in our mission, you'll need to have the following qualifications and experiences:

Education:

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent) with post-qualification experience.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Economics, or related fields.

Experience:

• Experience in a business partnering role.
• Deep understanding of the interaction between the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow.
• Excellent IT skills, including Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and ERP systems.
• Utilise and embrace the latest data and analytics tools, such as PowerBI.
• Experience in financial planning and analysis, strategic initiative monitoring, and translating business strategy into financial plans.
• Good commercial acumen with the ability to identify risks and opportunities for optimisation.
• Strong analytical skills with a proven ability to analyse business performance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong presentation, relationship building, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.
• Demonstrate effective influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to think strategically and look beyond the 'here and now' for new business opportunities (Horizon scanning).
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment and propose, justify, initiate, and implement change.

Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included.

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