Finance Business Partner

Are you a Finance Business Partner with the ability to influence?

This established organisation needs a Finance Business Partner to contextualise the financial statements to budget holders and conduct variance analysis. We are looking for a recently qualified accountant that is bursting with energy and potential, to join a vibrant and inclusive commercial finance team

The position requires the successful candidate to be able to manage senior stakeholder relationships, as well as the ability to challenge, innovate and provide commercial decision support material.

Responsibilities include;

• Complete and interpret weekly trading sales and margin reports performing analysis to highlight any issues and understand trends, formulating action plans with the sales team.
• Support the monthly and quarterly regional business reviews process as well as the coordination of the budget from a sales perspective.
• Complete performance reporting for board packs.
• Supporting the leadership team with insightful business analysis and pricing.
• Ensure all reporting requirements required for the integrity the business are completed
• Ensure accuracy of financial data with commentary and investigation where relevant.
• Provide weekly utilisation and WIP reports and provide direction/support on ways forward.
• Participation in projects as required to help meet company targets
• Support the Heads of various departments across the business with any requests and queries as required, establishing a working relationship with all key internal senior management teams as a basis for influencing change.
• Continuously look at ways to improve working across the function.
• Producing meaningful and analytical internal reporting to management

Skills Required:

• Ideally you will be a qualified Accountant (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Experience of presenting and interpreting key information
• Previous experience in a Commercial Finance role, preferably within a project or manufacturing environment
• An ability to interpret complex data to both finance and non-finance colleagues
• You will need to be a critical and creative thinker with a strong desire to add value to the organisation by working to continuously improve processes
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to to engage, communicate, influence and build effective relationships with Stakeholders.
• Experience in data handling and using Advanced Excel skills to perform sales analyses.
• The flexibility to adapt to a fast-changing commercial environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced and inquisitive Finance Business Partner/Management Accountant to join this expanding business at an exciting time.

Randstad Financial & Professional encourage applications from individuals of all ages & backgrounds. Appointment will be made on merit alone but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Randstad Financial & Professional acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment & an employment business for temporary recruitment as defined by the Conduct of Employment Agencies & Employment Business Regulations 2003