Financial Business Partner

Financial Business Partner - Newly Qualified Accountant

Your new company

Hays are delighted to be working with a highly successful and established organisation that is continuing to grow and invest in its finance team. With a strong market presence and ambitious plans for the future, the business is looking to appoint a Financial Business Partner to strengthen the link between finance and the wider organisation.This is an excellent opportunity for a newly or recently qualified accountant who wants to take the next step beyond traditional financial reporting and develop their career within commercial finance and business partnering.You will join a supportive and forward-thinking finance team where you will gain significant exposure across the business and have the opportunity to influence operational and commercial decision-making.

Your new role

Reporting to a senior member of the commercial finance team, you will work closely with managers and stakeholders across the organisation, helping them understand financial performance and make better-informed business decisions.This is not simply a reporting role. You will use financial information to challenge performance, identify opportunities and provide insight into the key drivers behind profitability and growth.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Acting as a finance partner to commercial and operational stakeholders across the business.
• Providing meaningful financial analysis and insight to support business decisions.
• Analysing performance, margins, costs and profitability and highlighting areas for improvement.
• Supporting product and commercial costing across existing and new product lines.
• Working closely with the business through budgeting, forecasting and longer-term planning.
• Developing financial models and analysis to support commercial opportunities and investment decisions.
• Challenging financial and operational performance and helping stakeholders understand the story behind the numbers.
• Identifying opportunities to improve financial reporting, controls and business processes.
• Building strong relationships with non-finance colleagues and translating financial information into clear, practical recommendations.
• Supporting senior finance leaders with ad hoc commercial projects and strategic initiatives.

The position offers considerable variety and is designed to give an ambitious accountant the exposure and experience required to develop into a senior commercial finance professional.

What you'll need to succeed

To be successful in this role, you will ideally be:

• A newly or recently qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent accountant. Candidates nearing completion of their qualification may also be considered.
• Commercially curious and keen to understand how different areas of a business influence financial performance.
• Comfortable working with and challenging financial and operational data.
• A confident communicator who can build relationships with stakeholders outside finance.
• Strong analytics with good financial modelling and data interpretation skills.
• Proactive and comfortable asking questions, challenging assumptions and identifying potential solutions.
• Able to manage competing priorities within a busy commercial environment.
• Keen to develop your career within financial business partnering and commercial finance.

Previous business partnering or commercial finance experience would be advantageous, although this role could also suit an ambitious newly qualified accountant looking to make their first move into a genuine commercial finance position.

What you'll get in return

This represents an excellent career move for an ambitious newly qualified accountant looking to build their commercial experience.You will receive:

• A competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Hybrid working opportunities.
• Excellent long-term career development prospects.
• Significant exposure to senior finance, commercial and operational stakeholders.
• The opportunity to develop genuine financial business partnering experience.
• Ongoing professional development and training.
• A supportive and collaborative working environment.
• The opportunity to join an established organisation that is committed to developing its future finance leaders.

Most importantly, this is an opportunity to move beyond producing the numbers and begin using them to influence business performance.For a newly qualified accountant who wants to develop towards senior commercial finance, Financial Controller or Finance Director-level positions in the future, this role offers an excellent platform from which to build their career.

What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or contact Hays for a confidential discussion.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are considering your next move as a newly qualified accountant, please get in touch for a confidential discussion about your career.

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