Interim Finance Business Partner – Manufacturing (Hybrid)

Sewell Wallis Limited; Barnsley; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6-month contract

Hybrid working

£65,000 salary

Generous holiday entitlement

Impactful business partnering role

Job summary

Sewell Wallis Limited in Barnsley is recruiting an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner on a 6-month interim contract to influence commercial decisions across operations and leadership.

You will own standard costing, drive product profitability, build financial models, lead a small finance team, and partner on budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) or qualified by experience.
• Hands-on experience of standard costing in manufacturing.
• Advanced Excel with robust financial models.
• Experience leading and developing a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the standard costing framework, including annual cost roll updates and variance analysis.
• Analyse and report on material, labour and overhead variances, and explain the drivers to operational leaders.
• Build relationships with key stakeholders across operations, procurement, sales and the senior leadership team.
• Build and maintain financial models in Excel to support pricing, product profitability, investment appraisals and scenario planning.
• Lead, coach and develop a small team of finance professionals.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and month-end, and provide clear commentary on performance.
• Challenge and support budget holders to drive cost control and continuous improvement.
• Present financial insight in a clear way to non-finance audiences.

Skills

Standard costing

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Sewell Wallis Limited in Barnsley is recruiting an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner on a 6-month interim contract to influence commercial decisions across operations and leadership.

You will own standard costing, drive product profitability, build financial models, lead a small finance team, and partner on budgeting, forecasting and month-end reporting in a fast-paced manufacturing setting.