Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner | Bury | Full-time | to £50K + Study (DOE)
Looking for more than just a “month-end” role? We’re working with a highly successful and growing business that’s evolving its finance function – and this role is a standout opportunity for someone who wants to step into a true Finance Business Partnering position while still retaining a solid grounding in management accounts.
The Opportunity
This is a newly created role, combining core management accounting with a strong and growing focus on analysis and business partnering.
Where You’ll Add Value:
- Partner with operational teams and improve visibility across key cost areas
- Help define and track meaningful KPIs across the business
- Provide insight, challenge and commercial support to managers
- Identify inefficiencies and “sniff out” issues through data and analysis
- Support an upcoming ERP transformation project
Core Responsibilities:
- Monthly management accounts, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
- Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Financial modelling and ad hoc analysis
- Supporting audit and maintaining financial accuracy
- Continuous process and system improvements
About You
- Part-qualified (actively studying) OR fully qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
- Experience in management accounts with a desire to move further into analysis / FBP
- Naturally inquisitive, logical and numerate – someone who questions and challenges
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with data
- Comfortable engaging with stakeholders and influencing decisions
Why This Role?
- Genuine opportunity to step into Finance Business Partnering
- High-impact role with lots of exposure across the business
- Backed by a strong, supportive CFO
Package & Benefits
- £40,000 – £50,000 (depending on experience)
- Study support available
- 25 days holiday
- Pension scheme
- Office-based
Interested?
- If you’re looking for a role where you can move beyond reporting and genuinely influence a business, this is a fantastic next step.
- The business has only recently begun its finance business partnering journey, so there’s a real opportunity to add value, shape processes, and influence decision-making.
Apply now or get in touch for a confidential chat.