Finance Business Partner

What will you do? Make an impact!

Tradebe are looking for a Finance Business Partner to be based in Warrington with hybrid working.  In this key strategic role you will lead the annual planning process, UK wide projects and partner within our successful Industrial division.

The role responsibilities include:

•    Support the team in effective financial planning and analysis
•    Provide business expertise into accounting/financial control processes
•    Responsible for financial scenario modelling for Industrial Strategic projects and providing suggestions and advice to the business based on financial analysis.
•    Act as the strategic partner to the Transfer General Manager(s) and form part of the Transfer leadership team providing analysis, insight and support to aid commercial and operational decision making, process improvement and delivery of the Industrial division strategic objectives.
•    Responsibility for the UK forecasting, budgeting and strategic planning, setting financial targets and objectives for relevant sub-division.
•    Conduct business performance analysis to identify, investigate and understand operational business unit results 
•    Prepare, challenge and explain accomplishment of budgets and forecasts in coordination with Transfer General Manager(s), and recommend and help implement actions to bring performance back to budget if performance deviates
•    Prepare CAPEX investment appraisals including rationale for the investment and calculation of expected financial return
•    Development of improved margin understanding by customer within the UK Transfer stations
•    Drive process improvements in working capital management
•    Ensure accuracy of period-end financial closings by providing business expertise into the financial control team and reviewing final output
 

Do you have what it takes?

•    Business Partner experience with relevant qualifications
•    Experience in dealing with manufacturing accounting, variance analysis, plant operations and managing multiple projects
•    Demonstrated ability to “get behind the numbers” and understand key drivers within a business
•    Demonstrated ability to identify business cases for new opportunities, and the ability to prepare planning models and/or implementation plans for those opportunities with senior management.
•    Experience in implementation and use of financial dashboards/analysis tools including Power BI/Sharepoint
•    Ability to represent finance with the business and the business with finance
•    SAP knowledge and advanced Excel user

We expect from you to Be accountable, Drive results, Embrace Change, and high levels of Collaboration!
 

What’s in for you?

•    Competitive salary 
•    Up to 15% annual bonus   
•    Contributory Pension    
•    Flexible benefits (access to our benefits platform for discounts and cash back on shopping purchases, gyms and leisure activities, cycle to work scheme and dedicated wellbeing centre)