Finance Business Partner - Supply Chain

Heineken N.V.; Manchester; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading beverage company in Manchester is seeking a Finance Business Partner to support the Brewery Director with financial governance and strategic planning. The role involves constructing business cases for major projects and spending time on the shop floor to build critical relationships. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in finance, and the ability to manage stakeholder expectations. Attractive benefits include an annual bonus and a generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Annual bonus

Benefits Allowance (15%)

Private Medical Healthcare

Double matched pension (up to 10%)

35 days holiday

Monthly case of drinks

Qualifications

• Technically strong finance professional with collaborative relationship skills.
• Experience in site financial control or business partnering preferred.
• Background in FMCG or large multinationals is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support site leadership to deliver objectives via performance management.
• Construct business cases for strategic projects.
• Spend time with operational teams to build understanding.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Stakeholder management

Business partnering

Cost control

Financial governance

Job description

Overview

The Finance Business Partner is the finance leader at the Manchester Brewery, maintaining a strong governance structure whilst supporting the Brewery Director and site leadership team to deliver the site objectives. This support will vary from monthly performance management to all aspects of forward financial planning to business case construction for major strategic capex projects. Being part of the site leadership team and acting as the right hand to the Brewery Director, this is an exciting and influential role. Getting close to the operational team and spending time on the shop floor will be critical to success in this role. Building those relationships and understanding the important work that the team at our brewery do will reflect well in your ability to do your job successfully. Reporting to the Head of Supply Chain Finance, this is a finance leadership role with a fair amount of autonomy. You'll gain exposure to varied stakeholders and manage change in a fast-moving environment. Financial leadership skills and operational knowledge gained will be beneficial when moving into other HUK senior finance roles. You'll also be part of a wider finance network, based at our head office in Edinburgh, London office and our other breweries, Tadcaster and Hereford.

Responsibilities

• Support the Brewery Director and site leadership team to deliver site objectives, including monthly performance management and forward financial planning.
• Construct business cases for major strategic capital expenditure projects.
• Act as part of the site leadership team and the right hand to the Brewery Director; spend time with the operational team on the shop floor to build relationships and understanding of core operations.
• Maintain strong governance structures and manage change in a fast-moving environment.
• Collaborate with a wider finance network across the head office, Edinburgh and London offices, and other breweries (Tadcaster and Hereford).

Qualifications

• Technically strong and analytically minded finance professional with the ability to build strong, collaborative relationships with regional and local stakeholders across operations and finance.
• Ideally site financial control experience, or experience in a business partnering role.
• Experience in cost control, financial governance and driving performance to hit KPIs.
• FMCG or large multinational background is desirable.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
• Manufacturing site finance controller experience is ideal but not essential.

Benefits

• An annual bonus
• Benefits Allowance (15% of base salary)
• Company funded Private Medical Healthcare
• Double matched pension (up to 10%)
• 35 days holiday
• A monthly case of our delicious ciders and beers (low and no alcohol options available)

You'll also get the opportunity to get involved with one of our colleague networks where groups of colleagues from all over the business work together to ensure we're always working towards being a diverse and inclusive company.

Salary: £65K - £75K depending on experience plus 15% benefits allowance (paid as cash) along with full benefits listed below.