Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner
Location: Oakham, Rutland
Salary: £60,000 + Profit-Share Bonus + Benefits
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time
Working Pattern: Office-based

A growing and well-established company based in Oakham is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to join its Senior Leadership Team. Reporting directly to the Managing Director, you will produce the full monthly management accounts while providing commercial insight, financial analysis and strategic support to improve business performance and support continued growth.

This is not a purely strategic position. You will remain hands-on with the production of the monthly management accounts while providing the commercial insight, analysis and challenge needed to support senior-level decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Produce the full monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flow
• Prepare board reporting packs and present financial performance to senior leaders
• Lead budgeting, forecasting and long-term financial planning
• Analyse performance against budgets and forecasts, identifying risks and opportunities
• Provide commercial insight into customer, product and service profitability
• Support pricing, costing and margin-improvement initiatives
• Partner with operational leaders to improve efficiency and control costs
• Manage cash-flow forecasting and working-capital performance
• Strengthen financial controls, governance and reporting processes
• Develop financial models and business cases for investment and growth
• Support continuous-improvement, ERP and automation projects
• Assist with acquisitions, international expansion and due diligence
• Manage and develop a Finance Administrator

The Ideal Candidate

• Fully qualified ACCA, ACA or CIMA
• Experience within manufacturing, engineering or a similar industrial environment
• Able to personally produce a complete set of monthly management accounts
• Strong budgeting, forecasting and variance-analysis experience
• Commercial finance or business-partnering experience
• Experience analysing profitability, margins, costing and operational performance
• Confident influencing and constructively challenging senior stakeholders
• Advanced Excel and strong ERP-system knowledge
• Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable balancing strategic input with hands-on delivery

Experience with manufacturing accounting, including Bills of Materials, labour costing, inventory accounting and operational variances, would be highly advantageous. Exposure to Power BI, acquisitions, investment appraisals or international business would also be beneficial.

What’s on Offer

• £60,000 basic salary
• Company profit-share bonus scheme
• Employer pension contribution
• Death in Service benefit
• Company sick pay
• Ongoing professional development and career progression
• Opportunities for UK and international travel
• Direct exposure to the Managing Director
• The opportunity to influence strategic decisions within a growing engineering business

This is an excellent opportunity for a confident, commercially aware finance professional who enjoys combining strategy with hands-on delivery. You’ll have the autonomy to make a real impact within a supportive, growing organisation that values initiative, development, and long-term commitment. Apply Now! or call us on