Finance Business Partner
Summary: The Finance Business Partner will provide critical financial insights and support strategic initiatives to enhance business performance. Reporting to the CEO, this senior role involves collaboration with operational leaders to translate financial data into actionable insights. The position emphasizes driving improvements in financial processes and systems while influencing decision-making at a strategic level.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as a business partner to operational teams, providing financial insight, challenge, and support for decision-making
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process for designated business areas, ensuring alignment with company strategy
- Monitor performance using financial and non-financial KPIs, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities
- Deliver accurate and timely management reporting to inform strategic decisions
- Support financial accounting processes, ensuring compliance with reporting standards and internal controls
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on commercial initiatives and strategic projects
- Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of reporting
- Analyse operational and financial data to support cost control, efficiency, and profitability
- Promote the effective use of systems and technology to improve reporting and analysis
Key Skills:
- CIMA qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner or in a commercially focused finance role
- Strong data analysis skills with advanced Excel; ERP or financial systems knowledge desirable
- Ability to present complex financial data clearly to non-financial stakeholders
- Proactive approach with excellent problem-solving and process improvement skills
- Strong communication and relationship-building abilities, with the confidence to challenge constructively
- Analytical mindset with high attention to detail
Salary (Rate): £64000 yearly
City: West Malling
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: Finance
Job Title: Finance Business Partner
Location: Office basedContract: Maternity CoverHours: FlexibleReporting to: CEOLevel: Senior/Executive Leadership Team
Role Overview
As Finance Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in providing financial insight, supporting strategic initiatives, and driving business performance accross the company. Reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer, you will act as a trusted adviser to operational leaders and senior stakeholders, ensuring financial and operational data is translated into clear, actionable insights. This is a highly collaborative and commercially focused role, giving you the opportunity to influence decision-making at a strategic level while driving improvements to financial processes and systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a business partner to operational teams, providing financial insight, challenge, and support for decision-making
- Lead the budgeting and forecasting process for designated business areas, ensuring alignment with company strategy
- Monitor performance using financial and non-financial KPIs, highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities
- Deliver accurate and timely management reporting to inform strategic decisions
- Support financial accounting processes, ensuring compliance with reporting standards and internal controls
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on commercial initiatives and strategic projects
- Drive process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and consistency of reporting
- Analyse operational and financial data to support cost control, efficiency, and profitability
- Promote the effective use of systems and technology to improve reporting and analysis
Experience Required
- CIMA qualification (or equivalent experience)
- Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner or in a commercially focused finance role
- Strong data analysis skills with advanced Excel; ERP or financial systems knowledge desirable
- Ability to present complex financial data clearly to non-financial stakeholders
- Proactive approach with excellent problem-solving and process improvement skills
- Strong communication and relationship-building abilities, with the confidence to challenge constructively
- Analytical mindset with high attention to detail
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