Finance Business Partner
- Sedgefield
- £50,000 – £55,000
Blair West are supporting a high-growth technology and manufacturing business to find a Finance Business Partner.
This role reports into the Group Financial Controller and has been newly-created to enhance commercial insight and financial decision support across the business.
The opportunity:
- Act as a finance partner to senior stakeholders, providing insight to support strategic decision-making.
- Prepare and analyse management information, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities.
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and longer-term financial planning cycles.
- Deliver detailed variance analysis against budget and forecast, with clear recommendations for corrective action.
- Work closely with department heads to improve financial understanding and performance.
- Support scenario modelling and sensitivity analysis across key business decisions.
- Contribute to month-end and year-end close processes.
- Drive improvements in financial systems, reporting automation, and dashboard development.
You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have:
- Professional accounting qualification (or are working towards one).
- Experience in a finance business partnering or commercially focused finance role.
- Strong background in budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis.
- Ability to work collaboratively with non-finance stakeholders and senior leadership.
- High level of accuracy with strong analytical and problem-solving capability.
- Confidence using financial systems, reporting tools, and data visualisation.
The benefits included with this opportunity:
- Exposure to a fast-growing, technology-led organisation.
- Opportunity to work closely with senior leadership on strategic initiatives.
- Hybrid working model offering flexibility.
- Scope to influence and improve finance processes and reporting.
Our commitment
Blair West is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. If you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during their experience with us, please speak to their consultant.
