Group Finance Business Partner

Axon Moore; Chorley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Axon Moore are partnering with a growing business to recruit a newly created Group Finance Business Partner.

The role involves working closely with finance and operational teams, providing valuable financial insight and commercial support across a varied portfolio of projects and contracts. This is an excellent opportunity to own project performance, challenge financial assumptions and influence key business decisions.

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA qualification or actively studying towards it.
• Experience in project finance, contract accounting or finance business partnering.
• Background in a project-based industry (construction, engineering, manufacturing, infrastructure).
• Strong forecasting, cost control and margin analysis skills.
• Experience with NEC contracts would be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Review monthly contract and divisional performance reports and support month-end reporting.
• Assist budgeting and forecasting, consolidating operational information and monitoring accuracy.
• Monitor contract performance against budgets and tender assumptions and manage risk registers.
• Provide financial support to operational teams and attend contract reviews.
• Assist with tender evaluations, pricing models and bid submissions.

Skills

ACCA/CIMA qualified

Project finance

Management accounting

Commercial finance

Financial analysis

NEC contracts

Excel

Tools

Excel

Job description

Axon Moore are delighted to be partnering with an exciting and growing business to recruit a newly created Group Finance Business Partner position.

The position involves working closely with both finance and operational teams, providing valuable financial insight and commercial support across a varied portfolio of projects and contracts.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to take ownership of project performance, challenge financial assumptions and help influence key business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Management Reporting & Analysis: Review monthly contract and divisional performance reports, support month-end reporting, investigate budget and forecast variances, and maintain financial dashboards and KPI reports
• Budgeting & Forecasting: Assist with the preparation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts, consolidating operational information and monitoring forecast accuracy
• Contract Financial Management: Monitor contract performance against budgets and tender assumptions, maintain risk and opportunity registers, manage central contingencies and elevate financial or margin concerns
• Business Partnering: Provide financial support to operational teams and budget holders, attend contract review meetings and help stakeholders understand financial performance
• Commercial Support: Assist with tender evaluations, pricing models, bid submissions, contract reviews

Ideally candidates will:

• Be ACCA/CIMA qualified, or actively studying towards qualification
• A background in construction, nuclear, engineering, industrial manufacturing, infrastructure or another project based industry
• Experience in project finance, contract accounting, management accounting, commercial finance or finance business partnering
• A good understanding of project forecasting, cost control, margin analysis and financial performance reporting
• Experience working with NEC contracts would be highly beneficial

Our local Lancashire Axon Moore team recruit all accounting and finance roles from CFO to transactional finance on both a temporary and permanent basis.