Interim Finance Business Partner

JSS Search Limited; South Oxfordshire; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 106,000; Full time

Job summary

JSS Search Limited in Oxfordshire is seeking a finance business partner for a 6-month hybrid role, partnering with senior stakeholders to provide commercial insight and drive decision support.

You will lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning, and deliver month-end reporting with variance analysis and insights. Strong Excel and modelling skills are essential.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Experience partnering operational stakeholders in manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, automotive or similarly complex environments.
• Finance business partnering experience supporting senior operational stakeholders.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial planning experience.
• Demonstrable experience building business cases and delivering commercial insights.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and financial modelling capability.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing demands.
• Curious, pragmatic and solutions-focused.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing commercial insight and challenge.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities.
• Deliver meaningful month-end reporting, variance analysis and performance insights.
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and proactively bring solutions.
• Support investment appraisal, business cases and scenario modelling for strategic projects, capex and growth initiatives.
• Support capacity planning, resource allocation and investment decisions across various functions.
• Develop financial models to support operational and strategic decisions.
• Drive greater self-service reporting and reduce administrative burden on operational teams.
• Support ongoing transformation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives across finance.

Job description

£550 - £575 per day 6 month assignment Hybrid - South Oxfordshire

JSS are partnering with an impressive manufacturing business based in Oxfordshire undergoing a period of transformation and growth. Reporting into the Head of Finance, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders across multiple operational and strategic functions, providing commercial insight, challenge and decision support within a fast paced environment. With responsibility for budgeting, forecasting, investment appraisal and performance analysis, you'll help drive better decision-making, influence key business initiatives and support the organisation through a period of significant change.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, providing commercial insight and challenge rather than simply reporting performance.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities.
• Deliver meaningful month-end reporting, variance analysis and performance insights.
• Challenge assumptions, identify risks and opportunities, and proactively bring solutions to the table.
• Support investment appraisal, business cases and scenario modelling for strategic projects, capital expenditure and growth initiatives.
• Support capacity planning, resource allocation and investment decisions across various functions.
• Develop financial models to support operational and strategic decisions.
• Drive greater self-service reporting and reduce administrative burden on operational teams.
• Support ongoing transformation, automation and continuous improvement initiatives across finance.

Candidate profile:

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
• Previous experience partnering operational stakeholders within a manufacturing, engineering, aerospace, automotive or similarly complex environment.
• Proven Finance Business Partnering experience supporting senior operational stakeholders.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial planning experience.
• Demonstrable experience building business cases and delivering commercial insights.
• Advanced Excel skills with strong analytical and financial modelling capability.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities and competing demands.
• Curious, pragmatic and solutions-focused.
• Comfortable operating independently and getting up to speed quickly in a new environment.

What's on Offer?

• Initial 6 month assignment with potential to extend or convert into a permanent opportunity for the right individual.
• Significant exposure to senior leadership teams and key decision makers across the organisation.
• Opportunity to influence strategic investment decisions and business performance.