Job Title: Finance Business Partner
We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Business Partner to join our team in Bolton, working hybrid. This is a fantastic opportunity to drive business performance and foster growth as a trusted partner to senior management.
This role requires a strong understanding of financial planning, analysis, and reporting, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide high-quality financial planning, analysis, and reporting to finance leadership and operational teams to drive business performance and foster growth.
* Lead month-end reporting and analysis to Operational leaders, delivering clear and accurate financial results in a timely manner.
* Analyse monthly financial results prepared by the accounting team to highlight and comment on key variances to budget or forecast.
* Collaborate with and support stakeholders to understand, track, and analyse site financial performance, building rapport and holding them accountable for budget targets.
* Evaluate and improve the reporting processes and analysis across the FP&A and wider Finance team where appropriate.
* Work closely with the Business Intelligence team to create and distribute financial results and scorecards through systems and automation.
Budget and Forecast:
* Lead the budgeting process for respective areas, ensuring alignment to overall strategy and relevant analysis is provided in-line with strict Group timelines.
* Maintain a budget and forecasting financial model to ensure consistency of data across all areas, including relevant KPIs.
* Monitor performance against budgets and complete variance analysis to highlight deviations so corrective actions can be implemented.
Customer Service:
* Build strong relationships with senior leaders and operational teams, including relevant department heads.
* Act as the main point of contact on behalf of the wider finance team for responding to queries raised directly to the job holder.
Standard Responsibilities:
* Participates in an annual performance review programme.
* Works, at all times, in accordance with the policies and procedures of the OFG Group and statutory regulations applicable to the Group.
* OBServes, at all times, strict rules of confidentiality appropriate to the post.
* To comply at all times with the requirements of Health and Safety Regulations to ensure their own wellbeing and that of their colleagues.
Experience, Skills & Qualifications:
* Completed a relevant accounting qualification (CIMA / ACCA / ACA etc.) or be at the final stages.
* A relevant degree (Accounting / Finance / Maths etc.) or AAT qualification.
* Hold advanced Excel skills – data manipulation (including extraction from financial ledgers), analytical and presentation skills at a level suitable for Senior Manager review.
* Proven ability to influence financial outcomes and work closely with operational managers.
* Ability to present complex data and analysis in a high impact visual manner to senior stakeholders, drawing out the key messages and findings.