About Our Client
Our client is an established and successful manufacturing business looking to recruit an ambitious and commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join its senior finance team. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accountant to take on a broad commercial remit and play a key role in supporting business performance.
Position Overview
The successful candidate will sit at the heaty of the business, partnering with senior stakeholders and budget holders to turn financial data into meaningful commercial insight. Alongside ownership of the management accounts function, the role will cover budgeting, forecasting, stock, working capital, financial controls and strategic finance projects.
This is a hybrid role, with three days per week in the Hatfield office and two days working remotely.
Core Responsibilities
- Lead the preparation and ownership of monthly management accounts, providing meaningful analysis and commentary
- Partner with senior leaders and budget holders, providing financial challenges and supporting improved commercial performance
- Analyse financial and operational KPIs, identifying trends, risks and opportunities
- Maintain balance sheet integrity, including reconcilliations, controls and review
- Own stock valuation, reconcilliations, provisioning and standard costing
- Lead annual budgeting, forecasting and working capital management, providing recommendations to senior management
- Support external audits and act as a key point of contact for auditors
- Oversee VAT returns and relevant regulatory submissions, including ONS returns where required
- Continually improve financial controls, processes and reporting
- Support the Finance Manager with strategic projects and wider business initiatives
- Deputise for the Finance Manager during periods of absence
- Provide coaching and support to junior members of the finance team where requires
What’s on Offer
- Salary of up to £60,000 per annum
- Bonus opportunity
- Hybrid working, with three days in the Hatfield office and two days remotely
- Opportunity to work closely with senior decision-makers
- Broad commercial remit with genuine influence over business performance
- Opportunity to develop within an established and successful manufacturing business
