Operational Finance Business Partner
Elevation Recruitment Group
Location
Northamptonshire | United Kingdom
Job description
Elevation Senior Finance are excited to be working with a leading manufacturing business based in Northamptonshire, as they look to expand their current finance function with the recruitment of an Operational Finance Business Partner, on a full time permanent basis.
The successful candidate will lead the site based finance team to deliver optimal operational performance, personally provide decision support to the site General Manager and ensure that the internal control environment is implemented in line with group policy.
Offering a competitive salary and benefits package, including:
- 25 days holiday
- Pension up to 8% matched
- Company share save scheme
- Exclusive employee discount platform
- Access to a full Wellbeing Centre platform
The Operational Finance Business Partner will:
- Provide leadership and direction to ensure that the site finance team is engaged, focused, developed and delivering to their full potential
- Take ownership of the site based internal control environment to ensure that identified risks (e.g. internal/external audit and BICQ) are addressed
- To be a key member of the SLT providing visible leadership and contributing to the running of the site (e.g. Health & Safety and sustainability)
- Provide decision support to the SLT (in–particular the General Manager) to ensure optimal decisions are made with factual information
- Optimise site financial performance with a particular focus on operational conversion including direct labour, waste and fixed costs by providing support and challenge to the site and budget holders
- Owner and gatekeeper of the site capital process, including planning and prioritising future spend, maintaining an accurate view of capital cash spend phasing, monitoring and challenge of project timescales from inception to completion, quality control for all capital proposals being issued from the site and monitoring capital spend
- Contribute to the wider BU operational finance team to ensure continuous improvement in controls, efficiency and ways of working
- Lead the process for a robust site budget/forecasting process including communication within the site leadership team and to stakeholders
Key Skills & Experience required:
- (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) post qualification experience gained within Retail, Manufacturing or FMCG
- Experience of operational decision support
- Excellent interpersonal skills able to communicate to all levels of the business
- Ability to build, lead and develop a high performing team
- Proactive, organised and able to work flexibly in order to meet deadlines and have the drive to deliver results
If you meet this criteria and want to know more about the role, then please get in touch!
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Salary
£68k - £75k per annum
