Strategic Finance Partner - Hybrid, High-Impact FP&A

Outcomes First Group; Bolton; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Outcomes First Group, Bolton, is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our growing Finance team. You’ll partner with senior operational leaders to drive financial planning, analysis and insights that support strategic decisions.

This high-visibility role covers budgeting, forecasting and reporting across multiple sites. You’ll challenge stakeholders, translate data into actionable guidance and help shape performance improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Finalist or qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Degree in Finance, Accounting, Mathematics or a related discipline, or an AAT qualification.
• Experience within FP&A, Management Accounting, Commercial Finance or Finance Business Partnering.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis and financial reporting.
• Advanced Excel skills including modelling and data manipulation.
• Strong communication and presentation skills with the ability to simplify complex financial information.
• Confidence to challenge, influence and support senior stakeholders.
• Experience producing reports and presentations for leadership teams.
• MS Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Lead monthly financial reporting and performance analysis for operational divisions, delivering clear and insightful reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Analyse actual performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying variances, trends, risks and opportunities.
• Produce and present financial reports, KPI dashboards and scorecards to support informed decisions.
• Deliver meaningful financial insight to help improve results across the business.
• Manage and resolve month-end financial queries and support operational teams.
• Collaborate with Finance and BI teams to enhance reporting through automation and system improvements.
• Lead budgeting and forecasting activities for designated areas with timely delivery.
• Develop and maintain financial models for planning and performance management.
• Support broader budgeting and forecasting processes across the organisation.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of reporting and planning tools.
• Act as trusted Finance BP to operational leaders and stakeholders.
• Build relationships and provide challenge and commercial guidance as needed.
• Influence decisions through clear financial analysis and communication.
• Coach teams to improve financial understanding.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA finalist

FP&A experience

Budgeting & forecasting

Advanced Excel

PowerPoint

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Finance/Accounting degree or equivalent

AAT qualification

Tools

Excel

Power BI

ERP systems

Job description

Outcomes First Group, Bolton, is seeking a commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our growing Finance team. You’ll partner with senior operational leaders to drive financial planning, analysis and insights that support strategic decisions.

This high-visibility role covers budgeting, forecasting and reporting across multiple sites. You’ll challenge stakeholders, translate data into actionable guidance and help shape performance improvement initiatives.