Finance Business Partner: Supply Chain & Cost Optimisation

Leyland Trucks / DAF a PACCAR Company; Leyland; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Comprehensive medical cover

Pension provision

Support for professionalQualifications

Job summary

Leyland Trucks is seeking a Finance Business Partner to collaborate with Purchasing and supply chain teams to improve cost performance, forecasting and decision-making. The role requires an accounting qualification, a degree and proven finance experience.

You will influence business cases and drive reporting alignment across global colleagues. In this permanent, full-time position, you will have responsibility for variance forecasting, cost movement analysis and compliance, with a 37-hour week

Qualifications

• Accounting qualification and degree.
• Previous experience in a finance-related role.
• High level of commercial, analytical and numerical skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to compile robust business cases.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Office and Oracle skills.

Responsibilities

• Business Partnering and Performance: Partner supply chain functions to support performance targets, process efficiency and cost improvements.
• Purchase Price Variance Forecasting and Reporting: Forecast and report purchase price variances, including reconciliation and analysis.
• Global Reporting Alignment: Work with global colleagues to maintain consistency in reporting and forecast assumptions across the supply base.
• Process, Controls and Technology Improvement: Develop processes, controls and technology to improve the efficiency and relevance of material purchase pricing activities.
• Compliance and Sustainability Reporting: Drive compliance and supply chain sustainability reporting.
• Wider Finance Support: Deliver ad hoc reporting and support the wider Finance team as required

Skills

Commercial awareness

Analytical skills

Numerical skills

Communication skills

Influencing skills

Organisational skills

Education

Accounting qualification

Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Oracle

Job description

Leyland Trucks is seeking a Finance Business Partner to collaborate with Purchasing and supply chain teams to improve cost performance, forecasting and decision-making. The role requires an accounting qualification, a degree and proven finance experience.

You will influence business cases and drive reporting alignment across global colleagues. In this permanent, full-time position, you will have responsibility for variance forecasting, cost movement analysis and compliance, with a 37-hour week