Senior Finance Business Partner

Sellick Partnership; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A recruitment consultancy is seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner in Leeds to provide commercial insight and drive profitable growth. The ideal candidate is a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong business partnering experience and excellent analytical skills. Responsibilities include delivering value-add reporting, influencing performance management, and supporting senior stakeholders. This is a hybrid role offering competitive salary and opportunity to make an impact within an established business.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Proven experience working with non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong commercial focus and analytical abilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop value-add reporting and insights for Operations team.
• Model business scenarios and present performance reports.
• Influence operational partners on performance management.

Skills

Business partnering

Commercial awareness

Analytical skills

Influencing skills

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)

Job description

Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Leeds (hybrid working)
Salary: £65,000 - £70,000
Duration: Permanent

Overview

This is a truly great commercial and value‑adding role where you will immerse yourself within a successful PE‑backed business. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across the business to set the strategic direction, provide robust commercial insight, identify opportunities to maximise performance, and drive profitable growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver clear and robust value‑add reporting, commercial insights and advice to the Operations team driving performance‑improving actions and decision‑making.
• Model complex problems and business scenarios and deliver compelling storytelling across performance reporting.
• Influence and challenge directly effective performance and risk management with your operational partner to deliver improved value for the business units.
• Travel occasionally to be close to the business and the operational challenges the business is facing.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
• Proven experience business partnering with senior non‑financial stakeholders and influencing senior decisions.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to deliver value‑add and commercial insight.
• Experience in FMCG, multisite, distribution, logistics, supply chain or retail sectors is essential.
• Excellent analytical, business partnering and influencing skills; ability to manage multiple stakeholders with competing demands and tight timescales.

Application

The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA). You will have a strong commercial focus, the ability to build robust relationships, and be a finance lead where you have driven value add and commercial insight. If you consider yourself a committed, motivated individual who demonstrates the above skills then we would be pleased to hear from you. Please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick.

We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances.