Senior Finance Business Partner

The Senior Finance Business Partner is a strategic finance role supporting the key direct cost lines including operations, marketing activities, and production/manufacturing operations. This position provides financial leadership and business partnering across their business units to optimise investment decisions, drive ROI, improve operational efficiency, and support strategic decision-making across the businesses operations.

Client Details

Our client is a well established and highly thought of employer in the Abingdon area. With growth plans and strong investment, they offer an exciting opportunity for someone looking to develop their career within an innovative, forward thinking and stable environment.

Description

• Strategic Financial Partnership: Serve as the primary finance business partner to key direct cost line leaders, providing financial insights, analysis, and strategic guidance to support decision-making across content acquisition, marketing investments, and production/manufacturing operations.

  Cost Management & Reporting: Own the financial planning, forecasting, and reporting for all key direct cost lines, ensuring accurate and comprehensive financial information for executive leadership and supporting data-driven decision-making.

  Budget Planning & Control: Lead the annual budgeting/planning process and monthly forecasting for direct cost centres, collaborating with functional leaders to develop robust budgets aligned with strategic priorities and ensuring effective cost controls throughout the year.

  Performance Analytics & ROI: Develop and maintain comprehensive KPIs and performance metrics including marketing ROI, production efficiency, manufacturing costs per unit, inventory turnover, and supply chain effectiveness, providing regular insights to drive operational improvements.

  Investment Appraisal: Evaluate investment proposals for new product launches, initiatives, marketing campaigns, capital expenditure, process improvements, and technology investments, providing detailed financial analysis and ROI assessments to support business cases.

  Supplier & Vendor Analysis: Partner with Procurement to analyse supplier performance, negotiate cost structures, and assess vendor contracts, ensuring optimal value from key supplier relationships.

  Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for cost reduction and process efficiency improvements across the value chain, from product creation through to final delivery.

  Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Commercial, Technology, Operations, HR, and Legal teams to understand the financial implications of business decisions, new product development, and changes to workflows or business models.

Profile

A successful Senior Finance Business Partner should have:

• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent)
• Demonstrable and credible progressive finance experience, with some of that spent in a business partnering or FP&A role, ideally within a matrix organisation.
• Proven experience managing complex cost structures and marketing budgets, with demonstrated ability to conduct ROI analysis
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving business performance through financial insights
• Experience working in a matrix organisation

• Technical Skills:

  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (financial modelling, scenario analysis, complex formulas)
  • Strong working knowledge of ERP systems (SAP, Oracle, or similar)
  • Experience with business intelligence and reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, or equivalent)
  • Solid grasp of accrual accounting, cost accounting principles (including standard costing, variance analysis), and cost allocation methodologies

Job Offer

The Senior Finance Business Partner can expect to receive:

• Salary between £80,000 and £85,000, dependent on the level of experience.
• Hybrid working arrangement.
• Generous benefits package
• Permanent contract with stability and growth opportunities.

If you're interested in this role, apply now!

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