Finance Business Partner

Accountable Recruitment are delighted to be working with a PE packed innovative business based in Liverpool to recruit a Finance Business Partner. This is an exciting opportunity to join a growing business with a diverse portfolio of brands.

Reporting to the CFO, you will be working closely with operational teams, and key stakeholders to ensure financial insight is leveraged to drive commercial growth, enhance profitability, and meet investor expectations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a strategic partner to key business units, providing financial insight to drive profitability and growth.
• Develop and maintain financial models to support strategic decision-making and business cases.
• Work with department heads to ensure financial alignment with business objectives.
• Provide detailed financial analysis on sales performance, margin improvement, pricing strategies, and cost efficiencies.
• Conduct scenario planning, forecasting, and budgeting to support long-term business strategies.
• Partner with the sales and marketing teams to assess ROI on campaigns, promotions, and new product launches.
• Embed a cost to serve understanding is supported across all areas of the business, actively developing tools to support activity-based reviews
• Drive the weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual budgeting and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Track financial KPIs and identify trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Develop reports and dashboards to provide real-time financial insights to senior leadership.
• Act as the finance lead for operational departments, including sales, marketing, and supply chain, ensuring financial goals are met.
• Work alongside non-financial teams to improve financial literacy and decision-making.
• Challenge and influence senior stakeholders to drive cost efficiencies and revenue growth.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes, improving reporting and decision-making speed.
• Support the implementation of financial systems, tools, and automation to enhance efficiency.
• Ensure best practices in data integrity, financial modelling, and analysis methodologies.

Benefits:

• Company pension with salary sacrifice scheme.
• Hybrid working.
• Training & Development opportunities.
• Generous holiday entitlements, plus buy and sell scheme of up to 5 days.
• Employee recognition scheme and long service awards.
• Employee referrals scheme.
• Cycle to work.
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay.

Experience Required

• Fully qualified CIMA, ACA, or ACCA.
• Understanding of IFRS, FRS 102, and UK tax regulations.
• Proven ability to provide financial insight and strategic recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Financial modelling, forecasting, and business analysis
• Experience managing group reporting, consolidations, and external audits.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and financial planning.
• Experience dealing with private equity ownership structures and board-level financial reporting is highly desirable.
• Experience working in a multi-entity or global business structure is beneficial.
• Strong understanding of financial systems and ERP software (e.g. Power BI, Navision or similar ERP systems).
• Ability to present complex financial data to non-finance stakeholders in a clear and concise manner.
• Proactive approach to process improvement and automation.