Finance Business Partner in Manchester - Axon Moore Group Ltd

Finance Business Partner | £70k-£75k | 1 day from office | South MCR | PE Backed

I am delighted to have partnered with a PE-backed SME that is looking to add a Finance Business Partner to its team. Given the growth of the business and the PE environment, we are looking for a commercially astute individual who boasts strong analytical skills and, most importantly, excellent stakeholder management ability.

The role will report directly to the Finance Director and gain exposure across the full business, working closely with various leaders and providing commercial input into business decisions.

The position is ideally suited to someone with proven experience working across various stakeholders in a commercial setting, so most likely an ACCA, CIMA Qualified Accountant that has gone through the management accounts route, and is now looking for a step into a full FBP role.

The business prides itself on building careers in an agile business environment. Getting together once a week as a team, you will work in a collaborative space and focus on output and key deliverables.

Key duties:

• Develop strong working relationships with business leaders to help drive key performance indicators and provide meaningful insight.
• Have the ability to challenge senior stakeholders, including commercial and operational teams.
• Provide clear, concise, and timely reporting and analysis on the key business drivers of financial performance. 
• Work closely with Business Information team to automate reporting.
• Prepare budgets and forecasts to meet each business and group's financial and strategic targets.

Person Specification:

• Strong business partnering experience, ideally within a data-heavy and fast-paced environment.
• Strong work ethic, with a desire to learn.
• A strong communicator with the ability to effect positive change.
• A curious approach with attention to detail, able to spot issues and create ideas through process improvement.
• An analytical, detail-oriented approach to reporting MI across the finance function and the wider business.