Strategic Finance Partner for Growth & Profitability

Accountable Recruitment Limited; Manchester; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent pension and benefits package

Exposure to senior leadership

Global organisation

Job summary

Accountable Recruitment Limited are partnering with a large global organisation to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner for a key commercial division based in Manchester.

This role sits at the heart of the business, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive performance, influence decisions and support growth. The successful candidate will partner across budgeting, forecasting and strategic initiatives, adding commercial insight and robust financial challenge.

Qualifications

• Fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Previous experience in a Finance Business Partner or Commercial Finance role.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leaders.
• Proven experience supporting budgeting, forecasting and planning processes.
• Excellent analytical and financial modelling skills.
• Ability to translate complex financial information into clear commercial insight.
• Strong presentation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior operational and commercial leaders to support strategic decision-making.
• Deliver insightful analysis on revenue, margin, cost performance and operational KPIs.
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning activities.
• Provide financial challenge and support to improve business performance.
• Develop and maintain robust financial models to evaluate commercial opportunities and investments.
• Track and analyse key business drivers, identifying risks and opportunities.
• Prepare and present monthly performance reporting to senior leadership teams.
• Support pricing, promotional activity and profitability analysis.
• Drive accountability across the business through meaningful performance metrics and reporting.
• Identify opportunities for cost control, efficiency improvements and margin enhancement.
• Work closely with finance colleagues to improve reporting, planning and decision-support capabilities.
• Contribute to strategic projects and business improvement initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Financial modelling

Commercial finance

Business partnering

Communication skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Job description

Accountable Recruitment Limited are partnering with a large global organisation to recruit an experienced Finance Business Partner for a key commercial division based in Manchester.

This role sits at the heart of the business, partnering with senior stakeholders to drive performance, influence decisions and support growth. The successful candidate will partner across budgeting, forecasting and strategic initiatives, adding commercial insight and robust financial challenge.