Location: Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
Finance Business Partner job in Warrington
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Hays Senior Finance are working with the UK division of a global manufacturing business to recruit a Finance Business Partner. This company has multiple projects and sites across the UK but the role will be based from Warrington. The company is growing and profitable with a mix of products and services across many different sectors.
This is a commercial role and will entail the following duties:
* Provide partnering support to a specific division (c£100m), with relevant insights into business performance.
* Also provide business partner support to Central Overhead Functions.
* Support the team in effective financial planning and analysis.
* Provide business expertise into accounting / financial control processes.
* Responsible for financial scenario modelling for projects and providing suggestions and advice to the business based on financial analysis.
* Act as the strategic partner to the management teams and form part of the leadership team providing analysis, insight and support to aid commercial and operational decision-making.
* Responsibility for the UK forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning, setting financial targets and objectives for relevant subdivisions.
* Conduct business performance analysis to identify, investigate and understand operational business unit results (e.g. margins, costs, profitability by client) and recommend improvement opportunities.
* Prepare, challenge and explain the accomplishment of budgets and forecasts in coordination with leadership teams, and recommend and help implement actions to bring performance back to budget if performance deviates.
* Development of improved margin understanding by customer within the divisions.
* Continued ongoing development and delivery of BI reporting relevant to subdivisions.
* Drive process improvements in working capital management.
* Ensure accuracy of period-end financial closings by providing business expertise into the financial control team and reviewing final output.
Candidate requirements:
* Business Partner experience with relevant accountancy qualifications (e.g. CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
* Experience in dealing with manufacturing accounting, variance analysis, plant operations and managing multiple projects.
* Demonstrated ability to "get behind the numbers" and understand key drivers within a business.
* Demonstrated ability to identify business cases for new opportunities, and the ability to prepare planning models and/or implementation plans for those opportunities with senior management.
* Experience in implementation and use of financial dashboards/analysis tools including Power BI/Sharepoint.
* Ability to represent finance with the business and the business with finance.
* Advanced Excel user.
Package:
* £55,000 - £65,000
* Up to 15% bonus
* Healthcare
* Pension
* Hybrid working with two days from home
* Flexible benefits including cash back options, discount vouchers, cycle to work scheme.
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