Senior Finance Business Partner

Unipart Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK manufacturing company in Coventry is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to oversee financial operations, reporting directly to the Financial Controller. In this role, you'll manage the Accounts Payable and Receivable teams, ensuring robust financial controls and supporting commercial activities. The ideal candidate will be a qualified chartered accountant with significant experience in finance within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. This position offers a competitive salary and benefits including car allowance, pension, and a flexible benefits scheme.

Benefits

Car allowance

25 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Experience of leading and developing teams.
• Extensive experience as a Finance Business Partner in a manufacturing facility.
• Knowledge of VAT, Corporation Tax, RDEC and UK GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
• Support commercial activities with accurate sales and margin data.
• Manage site Opex and Capex projects ensuring cost control.

Skills

Advanced Excel skills

Financial reporting expertise

Team leadership

Strong commercial awareness

Analytical abilities

Education

Qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Relevant degree in finance or accounting

Tools

IFS ERP systems

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner

Coventry (CV6 5LZ)

£60,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 25 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About the Job

You’ll have an important part to play reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you’ll be at the heart of our financial operations across key growth areas. We are aiming to expand and diversify beyond our existing internal combustion engine portfolio into exciting new sectors. You will be instrumental in ensuring robust financial controls are meticulously implemented and strictly followed.

Here at Unipart we don’t just have a way of working, we have The Unipart Way. It allows everyone in our team to pursue their own personal and professional goals to a world class level, through Unipart's ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development program.

As the Senior Finance Business Partner, you will drive plant productivity and profitability as we venture into new growth opportunities. You'll be leading and managing the site finance Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) team, ensuring the financial engine of the business runs smoothly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure divisional leadership are kept informed with a weekly flash of Growth finances and that plant management are provided with accurate and on time financial KPI’s and are held to account for operational performance
• Provide accurate, on time completion and review of monthly management accounts, supporting group submissions, variance analysis and review of balance sheet reconciliations
• Support all commercial activities, ensuring accurate sales and margin data is available, interrogate commercial costings to ensure effective pricing strategies are implemented and support commercial discussions wherever necessary
• Develop and maintain product costing and inventory valuations.
• Create costing for all new growth products and implement them in the ERP system
• Update standard costs annually
• Proactively propose and evaluate cost saving / profit enhancing, continuous improvement or system enhancement opportunities
• Maintain and manage the businesses monthly cash flow forecast and support group treasury in any additional analysis needed
• Manage all site Opex and Capex projects ensuring accurate investment appraisals, cost control and post project reviews are completed
• Direct and support AP & AR Finance staff to ensure that they are appropriately motivated and trained, to carry out their responsibilities to the required standards

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!

Qualifications

• Qualified chartered accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a relevant degree in finance or accounting
• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Financial reporting expertise
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to manipulate large data sets
• Ability to communicate and build strong relationships across all levels
• Strong commercial awareness
• Extensive experience as a Finance Business Partner level in a fast-paced manufacturing facility, with a proven track record of delivering results at a senior level
• Working knowledge of VAT, Corporation Tax, RDEC and UK GAAP
• Experience with manufacturing ERP systems (IFS desirable)
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical abilities

Equality and Diversity Statement

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.