Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner | £45,000 - £50,000 + pension, healthcare, 34 days holiday | Wigan  

The opportunity

Highly innovative, award-winning and market-leading group have an opportunity for an ambitious and talented FBP / Senior Management Accountant.  You will play an integral role in developing the reporting and influencing commercial decision making within a thriving subsidiary of the progressive and modern-thinking group.  

This is a newly created opportunity for a Fully Qualified Accountant with high ambition and a strong track record. Reporting to the Head of Finance for the diverse and fast-paced manufacturing site you will enjoy an extremely varied and key Finance Business Partner role.

This is a business with a superb track record of employee engagement, staff retention and promoting from within. You will enjoy a varied, challenging and developing role under the guidance of a highly supportive and career focused Head of Finance.

You will enjoy

• Business partnering - working closely with the senior stakeholders of this large manufacturing site at factory level to bring the numbers to life.
• Producing monthly management accounts packs to provide valuable reporting, commentary and P&L insights.
• Providing consistent and commercially aware finance business partnering.
• Contributing to continuous improvement – supporting key decisions that will ultimately impact profitability, margin retention and turnover growth.
• Overhead analysis and reporting, working with budget holders to provide insight around spend and cost management
• Budgeting and forecasting
• Working capital / cashflow forecasting
• Managing an ambitious team of 3 – providing coaching, development and professional leadership.

The business requires
This is a superb opportunity for a confident and assertive qualified finance professional to join a growing, profitable group. You will have significant career opportunity and the chance to progress swiftly.

You will enjoy involvement in a range of continuous improvement projects alongside the business as usual elements of the role. Again, there is plenty of scope for development and career progression for the right individual.  This is certainly not a ‘sat at your desk’ role – you will be highly visible and work extremely closely with the operational leadership team / directors.

You will need:

• To be fully qualified ACCA / CIMA / ACA
• Previous experience in a commercially focused management accounting / business partnering position (ideally within a manufacturing setting although this is not an absolute prerequisite)
• Confident analytical skills and ability to use Excel.
• Strong leadership capability and a collaborative approach.
• Demonstrable commerciality and ability to communicate financial information to an operational / commercial audience.

• Confidence in your ability to identify opportunity for positive change – ability to influence decision making.
• A firm foundation of core accounting skills and knowledge

Apply now

To be considered for the Finance Business Partner role in Wigan, please click ‘apply now’ or contact our team direct