Finance Business Partner | Distribution & Logistics | North Manchester | £55,000 - £65,000 | Permanent
Are you a qualified accountant looking to take the next step into a commercially focused Finance Business Partner role?
We're partnering with a successful and well-established distribution business in North Manchester to recruit a Finance Business Partner into a newly created position. With a strong reputation in their market and ambitious growth plans, the business is investing in its finance function to provide greater commercial insight and support operational decision-making.
This is an excellent opportunity for an ambitious finance professional who enjoys working closely with stakeholders, influencing performance and adding value beyond the numbers, whilst maintaining a strong grounding in financial reporting and control.
The Opportunity
Reporting into senior finance leadership, you'll act as a key link between finance and operations, partnering with depot managers and senior stakeholders across multiple sites.
You'll provide meaningful financial insight, challenge performance, support strategic decision-making and help drive profitability across the business. Alongside the commercial elements of the role, you'll also play an important part in delivering robust financial reporting, budgeting and forecasting processes.
This role offers significant exposure to senior stakeholders and provides a clear pathway for progression as the business continues to grow.
Key Responsibilities
- Partner with operational teams across multiple depots to improve financial performance and profitability
- Deliver insightful monthly reporting, identifying trends, risks and opportunities
- Analyse costs, margins and operational KPIs to support informed decision-making
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and financial planning processes across your business areas
- Support the preparation and review of monthly management accounts, ensuring accuracy and robust financial controls
- Challenge and optimise key cost areas including labour, fuel, fleet and overhead expenditure
- Work closely with operational leaders to identify efficiencies and drive continuous improvement
- Support month-end activities, including accruals, prepayments and balance sheet reconciliations where required
- Develop and enhance reporting tools, processes and financial analysis to improve business performance
- Provide commercial insight and financial support for business initiatives and projects
About You
- Qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA accountant
- Strong experience within management accounting, financial reporting or commercial finance
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate financial data into actionable business insight
- Experience within a multi-site, logistics, distribution, manufacturing or operational environment would be advantageous
- Advanced Excel skills and strong systems awareness
- Proactive, commercially minded and keen to develop within a highly visible business partnering role
- Comfortable balancing commercial responsibilities with a hands-on approach to financial reporting and control
Why Apply?
- Newly created role with genuine influence across the business
- Opportunity to work closely with operational and senior leadership teams
- Broad exposure across a multi-site operation
- Clear progression opportunities within a growing organisation
- Ability to make a tangible impact on profitability and business performance
- A role that combines strong commercial exposure with a solid finance foundation
If you're looking for a role where you can influence decisions, improve business performance and develop your career within commercial finance, we'd love to hear from you.
Please note that we are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK and therefore do not require sponsorship.