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.