Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner | Nottingham | Hybrid Working | Up to £90,000 + Benefits

Are you a commercially astute finance leader who enjoys influencing decisions, challenging performance and partnering with senior stakeholders to drive growth?

This is an exciting opportunity to join a rapidly growing manufacturing business that is scaling through both organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Backed by a successful parent group and benefiting from significant ongoing investment, the business combines the pace and ambition of a growth organisation with the stability, resources and career opportunities of a larger group.

As growth continues, we're seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to support a key operational division, helping shape commercial decisions, improve performance and provide the financial insight needed to deliver ambitious plans. The role will play a critical part in supporting operational and manufacturing activities, providing visibility around costing, cost allocation, WIP, stock performance and overall profitability.

Why Join?

This is a highly visible role where finance is genuinely at the heart of decision-making. You'll have the opportunity to

Partner directly with senior operational and commercial leaders

Influence strategic decisions across a growing business

Support acquisitions, integration activities and transformation initiatives

Drive financial and operational performance through insightful business partnering

Join a high-performing finance team with strong leadership exposure

Build your career within a successful and expanding group

Play a key role in shaping the future direction of a strategically important business unit

The Role

This is far more than a traditional reporting position. You'll act as a trusted adviser to operational leadership, providing commercial insight, constructive challenge and financial guidance to support growth, profitability and continuous improvement.

Working closely with both finance and operational teams, you'll ensure robust financial control while delivering the commercial insight required to maximise performance across the business.

Key Responsibilitie

Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-range planning processes across operational business units

Business partner senior operational and commercial stakeholders, providing insight, challenge and support to drive performance

Analyse financial and operational performance, identifying risks, opportunities and actions to improve profitability

Develop and maintain robust costing models to support accurate product, service and operational profitability reporting

Review and oversee cost allocation methodologies, ensuring costs are accurately captured and reported across the business

Monitor and control Work in Progress (WIP), ensuring accurate reporting, forecasting and financial control

Partner with operational teams to improve stock management, inventory controls, stock valuation and working capital performance

Deliver detailed margin, variance and profitability analysis, highlighting key drivers of business performance

Develop meaningful KPI reporting across operational, manufacturing and commercial activities

Support investment appraisals, business cases and strategic decision-making

Drive continuous improvement in forecasting, reporting, costing methodologies and financial controls

Support strategic initiatives, acquisitions, integration activities and business transformation projects

Deliver clear, actionable management information to senior leadership teams

Challenge assumptions and influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation

About You

We're looking for a commercially minded and influential finance professional who enjoys working closely with the business and making a tangible impact.

You'll likely be:

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified

An experienced Finance Business Partner, Senior Finance Manager, Commercial Finance Manager or FP&A professional

Strong in budgeting, forecasting, financial modelling and commercial analysis

Experienced partnering with operational and senior leadership teams

Comfortable translating financial information into meaningful business insight

Confident influencing, challenging and building credibility with senior stakeholders

Naturally curious, proactive and solutions-focused

Comfortable operating within a fast-paced, evolving environment

Experience within manufacturing, engineering, infrastructure, construction, utilities, technical services or other operationally focused businesses would be highly advantageous.

You'll bring strong experience of

Costing and profitability analysis

Cost allocation methodologies

Work in Progress (WIP) reporting and controls

Stock valuation and inventory management

Margin improvement and operational performance analysis

Business partnering within complex operational environments

The Package

Salary up to £90,000

Hybrid working

Comprehensive benefits package

Genuine opportunities for progression within a growing group

Exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making

What's on Offer?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business with a clear growth agenda, ambitious leadership team and significant investment behind it.

You'll be joining at an exciting stage of the company's journey, where you'll have the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, support operational excellence and play a key role in driving commercial performance. The position offers genuine visibility across the organisation, exposure to senior stakeholders and the chance to make a measurable impact on business results.

For an ambitious finance professional looking to combine commercial business partnering with operational and manufacturing finance, this role offers the platform, autonomy and progression opportunities to take the next step in their career.

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