Finance Business Partner – Senior Manager

Jonathan Lee Recruitment; Preston; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Preston is seeking two experienced finance business partners to enhance commercial decision-making within the manufacturing sector. The role involves providing critical financial insights, managing budgets, and developing strong partnerships with senior management. Candidates should be qualified accountants with relevant business partnering experience, ready to thrive in a dynamic environment and contribute to significant change initiatives.

Qualifications

• Post-qualification experience as an accountant is essential.
• Experience in business partnering roles is required.
• Strong IT skills, particularly in Excel and ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Analyse financial reports and link them to business strategies.
• Initiate commercial procedures to meet operational and financial targets.
• Influence stakeholders for strategic financial decisions.

Skills

Analytical skills

Commercial acumen

Presentation skills

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Conflict resolution skills

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or related fields

Tools

PowerBI

Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint)

Job description

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.

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