Finance Business Partner - Benjamin Edwards : Job Details

Finance Business Partner - Lincoln - up to £55k & bonus & study support if required

Benjamin Edwards are exclusively recruiting for a Finance Business Partner for a successful and thriving business in the heart of Lincolnshire. This is an opportunity to join a great team with big plans. As Finance Business Partner, you will have a passion for finance and business partnering, possessing a proactive mindset, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities with senior leaders. Strong commercial and financial awareness are paramount, offering the individual a chance to make a real difference.

What’s on offer to the Finance Business Partner

• Bonus
• Early half day finish
• Enhanced employer pension contributions and pension salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance policies
• Employee benefits platform with discounts at major retailers
• Free on-site parking

The role of the Finance Business Partner

• Providing financial insight to stakeholders to support with continuous improvement initiatives and control of internal costs
• Monthly generation of prices to support open book relationship with key customers
• Review of raw material across all sources of supply and explanation of movements
• Forward forecasting of pricing with clear justification of price movements
• Alongside the planning department review potential new SKUs and challenge assumptions where necessary
• Cost all SKUs and present costing outcome to key personnel within the business
• Work alongside the Commercial and Planning departments to build assumptions to include within tender costings
• Create and communicate financial business case models to highlight tender impacts to the business
• Produce and review forecasts regularly, challenging and highlighting any variances, ensuring regular communication to the business
• Support site managers and senior management in completion of budgets for direct costs and challenge where necessary
• Generation of budget models and individual SKU level detail
• Provide narrative of key assumptions in the annual budget to offer context in the detailed budgeted packs provided to the business
• General ledger account postings (accruals, prepayments)
• Stock management
• Balance sheet reconciliations
• Support on annual audit at year end

The ideal candidate for the role of Finance Business Partner

• ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified/part qualified or QBE
• Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner
• Proficient in Excel