Your newpany
Are you amercially astute finance professional ready to make a strategic impact in a high-growth environment? Hays is proud to partner with a dynamic manufacturing organisation seeking a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their expanding finance team. This newly created role offers a unique opportunity to influence operational and financial oues across production, supply chain, andmercial functions.
Your new role
Reporting directly to the Finance Director, you’ll act as a trusted business partner, delivering high-quality financial insight and challenge to drive performance, efficiency, and profitability. With a strong focus on data-driven decision support, cost control, and strategic planning, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the business.
Key responsibilities include:
1. Providing timely and accurate financial analysis to support decision-making across operational teams
2. Identifying cost drivers, production variances, and KPI trends to highlight risks and opportunities
3. Leading product and customer profitability analysis to support margin improvement
4. Partnering with department heads to translate financial data into actionable insights
5. Supporting budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling, and sensitivity analysis
6. Driving cost control initiatives across manufacturing and non-manufacturing overheads
7. Developing dashboards and performance metrics to track and benchmark results
8. Contributing to strategic projects including ERP upgrades, process automation, and M&A activity
What you'll need to succeed
9. Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with a minimum of 5 years post-qualified experience
10. Proven experience in amercially focused finance role, ideally within a fast-paced environment
11. Strong analytical skills and financial modelling expertise
12. Ability to extract, transform, and analyseplex datasets to deliver actionable insights
13. Excellentmunication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the confidence to challenge and influence at senior levels
14. A proactive, resilient mindset with a passion for continuous improvement and cross-functional collaboration
What you'll get in return
This is a high-impact role offering significant exposure to senior leadership and strategic decision-making.
You’ll join a forward-thinking business during an exciting period of transformation, with opportunities to shape processes, systems, and performance oues.
Apetitive salary, benefits package, and career development prospects are also on offer.