Finance Business Partner - Immediate Start - Hybrid

South Yorkshire – Hybrid Working
5+ Month Interim Assignment | Immediate Start

An exciting interim opportunity has arisen to join a well known and successful business in South Yorkshire.

This temporary role is ideally suited to a commercially focused Finance Business Partner with strong FP&A experience, excellent analytical capability, and the ability to drive value across operational teams. The business has undergone significant transformation in recent years and continues to modernise with a strong commitment to sustainability, innovation, and investment.

The Role

This role will report to the Head of Commercial Finance and be responsible for providing end-to-end financial insight and analysis across key operational areas. Acting as a true business partner to the Operations Director, department heads, and senior stakeholders, the Finance Business Partner will play a vital role in ensuring accurate financial performance reporting and driving accountability for delivery against manufacturing standards.

This is a varied role that will suit a commercially minded accountant with excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex data into clear, decision-supporting insights.

Key Responsibilities

• Business partner with Operations Director and Heads of Department to drive financial ownership across the business

• Own and maintain company-wide standard costing models

• Analyse and optimise raw material usage and associated costs

• Provide accurate and informative reporting of operational financial performance

• Build and improve operational KPIs and performance dashboards

• Support FP&A processes

• Drive process improvement and increase the level of actionable insight delivered to the business

• Challenge, influence, and support continuous improvement initiatives across operations

• Support ad hoc financial analysis and scenario modelling as required

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be:

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with relevant manufacturing or heavy industry experience

• Commercially astute with strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills

• Highly analytical with advanced Excel skills and the ability to interpret and communicate complex data

• Confident, proactive, and capable of working with high levels of autonomy

What’s On Offer

• An attractive day rate

• Hybrid working with flexibility across office and home, as well as flexible working patterns

• The opportunity to work in a high-profile, strategically important role within a unique industrial environment

• A collaborative and forward-thinking finance team

This interim assignment is available immediately and expected to last a minimum of five months, with the potential for extension.