Senior Finance Business Partner

Page Personnel; St Albans; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

24/7 GP service

Job summary

Page Personnel is recruiting a finance leader for a manufacturing business in the UK. The role partners with departmental leaders, shapes budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling, and drives performance with robust reporting and analysis.

You will own monthly management accounts, oversee governance and controls, and lead a finance team. Expect exposure to strategic initiatives and senior stakeholders within a multi-site environment.

Qualifications

• ACA or ACCA qualification required.
• Budgeting and forecasting expertise.
• Financial control and governance knowledge.
• Advanced financial modelling and analytical capability.
• Experience driving business improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience partnering with senior operational leaders.
• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Experience presenting financial information at senior level.
• Previous finance team management experience.

Responsibilities

• Act as the primary finance partner to departmental leaders.
• Influence operational and strategic decision-making.
• Challenge assumptions and provide constructive commercial insight.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities.
• Support strategic initiatives through financial modelling and business case preparation.
• Ownership of monthly management accounts.
• Deliver high-quality financial reporting and analysis.
• Maintaining strong governance, controls, and compliance.
• Supporting statutory accounts and audit activities.
• Improving reporting processes and financial controls.
• Leading annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Working with budget holders to challenge costs and assumptions.
• Improving forecast accuracy.
• Supporting long-term planning and performance management.
• Developing KPIs and dashboards.
• Providing performance insights and trend analysis.
• Producing meaningful management information.
• Delivering recommendations that improve efficiency and profitability.
• Leadership of qualified and trainee accountants.
• Coaching and mentoring team members.
• Building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

ACA or ACCA

Budgeting and forecasting

Financial control

Governance knowledge

Financial modelling

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Management experience

Business partnering

Financial analysis

Education

ACA or ACCA qualification

Job description

• Private medical insurance and access to a 24/7 GP service.
• Permanent position offering stability and growth opportunities.

About Our Client

This role is within manufacturing industry and offers the chance to work in a varied and professional environment

Job Description

1. Strategic Business PartneringThe successful candidate will be expected to:

• Act as the primary finance partner to departmental leaders.
• Influence operational and strategic decision-making.
• Challenge assumptions and provide constructive commercial insight.
• Identify financial risks and opportunities.
• Support strategic initiatives through financial modelling and business case preparation.

2. Financial LeadershipYou'll be responsible for:

• Ownership of monthly management accounts.
• Delivering high-quality financial reporting and analysis.
• Maintaining strong governance, controls, and compliance.
• Supporting statutory accounts and audit activities.
• Improving reporting processes and financial controls.

3. Budgeting and ForecastingA major focus area includes:

• Leading annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• Working with budget holders to challenge costs and assumptions.
• Improving forecast accuracy.
• Supporting long-term planning and performance management.

4. Performance AnalysisThe role requires a data-driven approach:

• Developing KPIs and dashboards.
• Providing performance insights and trend analysis.
• Producing meaningful management information.
• Delivering recommendations that improve efficiency and profitability.

5. Team LeadershipThis is a people-management role requiring:

• Leadership of qualified and trainee accountants.
• Coaching and mentoring team members.
• Building a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

The Successful Applicant

Essential Technical Skills:

• ACA or ACCA qualified.
• Budgeting and forecasting expertise.
• Financial control and governance knowledge.
• Advanced financial modelling and analytical capability.
• Experience driving business improvement initiatives.
• Proven experience partnering with senior operational leaders.
• Ability to influence and challenge stakeholders constructively.
• Experience presenting financial information at senior level.
• Previous finance team management experience.

Based on the advert, expect questions around:

• Business partnering and stakeholder management.
• Influencing senior leaders.
• Budgeting and forecasting improvements.
• Financial modelling and business cases.
• Process improvement and change management.
• Leadership and team development.
• Managing financial risk and controls.
• Delivering commercial insight from financial data.

Examples you should have prepared:

• A time you challenged a senior stakeholder's decision.
• A forecasting or budgeting improvement you introduced.
• A financial model or business case that influenced investment decisions.
• A process improvement that saved money or improved controls.
• How you developed or managed a finance team.

Valuable experience would include:

• Construction, engineering, infrastructure, utilities, transport, or project-based industries.
• Working within complex multi-site organisations.
• Supporting operational leaders in commercially focused environments.
• Experience with large-scale budgets and cost control.
• Demonstrating measurable business improvements and value creation.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary ranging from £70,000 to £80,000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Private medical insurance and access to a 24/7 GP service.
• Permanent position offering stability and growth opportunities.