Finance Business Partner
Widnes/Hybrid
£45,000 - £50,000 + study support
Join an amazing team as a Finance Business Partner with a strong commercial focus. You'll play a pivotal role in influencing key business decisions. Reporting to the Global FP&A Director, you'll partner closely with sales and commercial teams, delivering insights that empower decision-making and drive growth. This opportunity is one that will give you a valuable insight into the business partnering and FP&A world whilst working alongside like-minded driven people in a business that is thriving, where no 2 days are the same!
Key Responsibilities
- Influence Strategic Decisions:
- Collaborate with sales and commercial teams to shape activities, enhance margins, and mitigate risks.
- Align financial goals with broader business strategies, ensuring shared success
- Provide clear and actionable recommendations through variance analysis and forecasting.
- Conduct weekly updates and analyses of rolling 3-month forecasts to maintain focus and adaptability.
- Review monthly performance, offering insightful commentary and strategic guidance for commercial teams.
- Enable Financial Transparency:
- Build leadership-level reports, distilling complex data into concise and impactful narratives.
- Ensure clarity and accountability through meticulous financial reporting and analysis.
- Drive Continuous Improvement:
- Take initiative to develop new reporting and analysis methods that unlock growth opportunities.
- Support the annual budgeting process, aligning financial plans with business objectives.
- Collaborate cross-functionally, providing clarity and consistency across departments.
- Support Leadership:
- Partner with the FP&A Director on ad-hoc projects, contributing to key initiatives and decisions.
We're looking for individual with the skills, experience, and mindset to succeed as a trusted finance business partner:
- Professional Qualifications:
- PQ CIMA/ACCA or nearly Qualified (study support offered)
- Key Competencies:
- A strong communicator with the interpersonal skills to influence and inspire collaboration.
- Commercially minded, with the ability to interpret data, tell compelling stories, and focus stakeholders on what matters.
- Advanced Excel skills, with a passion for creating impactful reporting and data-driven insights.
- Personal Attributes:
- Enthusiastic, proactive, and results-driven, with a sharp analytical mind.
- Capable of managing multiple priorities and delivering high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
This is more than just a numbers role-it's an opportunity to become a key player in shaping the future of a progressive, fast-growing company that values its people. If you're ready to influence, grow, and make an impact, we'd love to hear from you.