Are you excited by a blank piece of paper and the chance to shape your own role?
We’re partnering exclusively with a recently acquired manufacturing business who are looking for a Finance Business Partner to join them in this newly created role.
Reporting directly to the CFO, and working closely with key stakeholders and investors, we’re looking for someone to help drive and shape the management information in line with the business plans and agenda.
If you thrive on a challenge, like projects and are passionate about adding value, we want to hear from you!
Finance Business Partner – The Role
Business planning, budgeting and forecasting inputs from the business
Responsible for driving the sales and operational performance and forecast
Driving the financial performance and ensuring reporting and MI is presented to the business and management team including business commentary
Providing analysis on sales, gross margin and profitability
Providing analysis and reporting on direct labour efficiency and productivity
Providing analysis of inventory, inventory movements, slow moving stock and obsolescence
Provide the business with meaningful decision support through analysis and insight
Ensuring that meaningful and accurate variance analysis is delivered to better understand the performance and cost base of the business
Working with Production and Procurement to establish standard costing, purchase and material price variance analysis
Working with the Operations Director to understand productivity of the shop floor and justify investment in machinery and facilities as required
Working with the Production Manager to understand labour utilisation and efficiency
Development of operational and financial KPIs including challenging performance of the business against theseFinancial insight and analysis, communicating results and findings effectively to stakeholders across the business
Partner and influence budget holders to ensure effective early warning of potential future problems, to better manage financial risk
Influence and challenge the business through engaging and communicating effectively with partners and stakeholders
Ensure all financial models accurately reflect how costs are incurred within the business. Lead the business in continually refining calculations and assumptions to ensure decisions are made based on accurate information
Customer contract support with commercial teams (Pricing and costing reviews)
Attend monthly site performance reviews
Attend weekly MPS and sales opportunity meetings
Develop commercial models and reports relevant to improving BI across the business
Assisting the senior team, FC, OD, CD, CEO & CFO on ad hoc projects
Partner ERP deployments and changes, including operational process mapping
Supporting with lease/buy, make/buy, and CAPEX contract decisions
Providing support to the Statutory financial Audits
Finance Business Partner – The Role
Qualified or QBE ACA, ACCA or CIMA
Prior experience within manufacturing
Strong financial modelling skills
Prior business partnering experience
A confident communicator, keen to bring to new ideas to the table and isn’t afraid to push back
Finance Business Partner – The Package
Salary up to £75,000
Hybrid working – circa 3 days in the office
Holidays, pension and a whole host more!
Hit apply today! Have questions? Contact Kirsten to discuss -
All applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
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