Job Description
Equifind are partnering with a leading UK manufacturing group producing high-performance products for industrial, automotive, engineering and consumer markets. With a footprint across multiple production sites and a rapidly expanding global customer base, our brand investment, product launches and commercial strategy play a critical role in driving long-term growth.
As Senior Finance Business Partner to the Chief Marketing Officer, you’ll sit at the centre of both our Marketing and Finance teams, influencing how we deploy our multi-million-pound marketing and commercial growth budget.
You’ll also play a key role in improving the effectiveness of our brand and digital activity, partnering on campaign ROI, pricing impact, channel performance and marketing attribution.What will I be doing?
* Analyse and map the main drivers behind all marketing and commercial spending across product, brand and digital activity.
* Lead budgeting and forecasting cycles for Marketing, identifying impacts on margin, cashflow and profitability.
* Improve reporting accuracy through automation, streamlined processes and enhanced forecasting tools.
* Build strong working relationships with Marketing, Product and Sales teams, acting as their key financial partner.
* Provide challenge and commercial guidance to ensure spend aligns with strategic priorities and delivers measurable value.
* Review channel performance including acquisition cost, digital effectiveness and campaign ROI.
* Own month-end reporting for all marketing cost centres, ensuring clear visibility of variances.
* Support annual planning cycles, coordinating timelines and ensuring high-quality forecasts from Marketing teams.
* Partner with insight/analytics teams to interpret modelling outputs such as attribution, channel contribution and effectiveness.
* Lead performance discussions by highlighting risks, opportunities and recommended actions.
What you'll bring
* Strong business partnering experience, ideally supporting Marketing or Commercial teams.
* Confident interpreting digital channel performance, attribution methods and ROI metrics.
* Comfortable challenging senior stakeholders and influencing decision-making.
* Familiarity with automation tools, data-led reporting or emerging forecasting tech.
* Able to deliver accurate month-end outputs and operate within tight timeframes.
* High attention to detail combined with strong strategic and commercial judgement.
* Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
* Fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
What's on offer?
* £80,000-£90,000 + bonus + benefits
* 3 days in office