Job Description
Senior Finance Business Partner – Supply Chain
We seek an experienced Senior Finance Business Partner to join our client's team and drive financial leadership, stability, and strategic business partnering within a dynamic manufacturing environment. This role is critical in strengthening our finance function, improving financial controls, and supporting key operational and supply chain stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
* Finance Leadership & Team Development – Lead, coach, and develop a team of Finance Business Partners, embedding a strong business partnering culture.
* Strategic Business Partnering – Engage with Supply Chain leaders to provide financial insight, challenge decision-making, and drive operational efficiencies.
* Balance Sheet & Financial Controls – Strengthen governance and controls, ensuring accuracy and compliance in financial reporting.
* Operational & Supply Chain Finance – Support procurement, logistics, and working capital management to enhance cost efficiency.
* Commercial Insight & Cost Optimisation – Connect operational metrics to financial outcomes to drive margin improvement and cost efficiencies.
* Transformation & Change Management – Play a key role in process improvement, system enhancements, and embedding financial rigor during business transformation.
* Key Requirements:
o Proven manufacturing finance experience, with strong operational and factory finance exposure.
o Expertise in product costing, variance analysis, and factory controls/accounting.
o Strong supply chain finance knowledge, covering procurement, logistics, and warehousing.
o Commercial mindset, with the ability to translate operational performance into financial insights.
o Advanced business partnering and influencing skills to work effectively with senior stakeholders.
o Experience in financial control, governance, and capex management.
o Exposure to SAP and advanced reporting tools such as Power BI is highly desirable.
o A track record of driving financial transformation and continuous improvement.
This is a fantastic opportunity for a strategic finance professional to make a significant impact within a complex and evolving manufacturing environment.
If you have the expertise and leadership skills to take on this challenge, we’d love to hear from you!