Robert Walters
Finance Business Partner

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We are delighted to be partnering with a global, private equity-backed manufacturing and engineering services business to recruit a commercially focused Finance Business Partner.
This is a high-impact role where you'll work closely with operational and commercial teams, providing financial insight to support strategic decision-making, budgeting and forecasting, profitability analysis, and business performance improvement.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with key stakeholders to provide financial analysis and commercial insight.
- Support budgeting, forecasting and monthly performance reporting.
- Analyse profitability, margins and key business KPIs.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial performance and operational efficiency.
- Develop cash flow forecasts and support working capital initiatives.
- Prepare financial business cases for capital investment.
- Analyse data using ERP systems, Excel and Power BI.
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About You
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Minimum three years' post-qualification experience in finance business partnering, financial analysis or management accounting.
- Previous experience within a manufacturing, engineering or service-based business is essential; experience in a private equity-backed environment would be advantageous.
- Strong budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling skills.
- Commercially minded with excellent analytical and stakeholder management skills.
- Advanced Excel skills, with Power BI experience desirable.
- Willingness to travel regularly to sites across the UK.


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Additional Information
- This is primarily a home-based role with regular travel to sites across the UK.
- Candidates should ideally be based in North London or the Home Counties to enable easy access to the organisation's key locations.
- If you're looking for a commercially focused opportunity where you can influence business performance within a growing international organisation, we'd love to hear from you.
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