Finance Business Partner

12-Month FTC (Maternity Cover)
Liverpool
£50,000 - £53,000
Newly Qualified or Nearly Qualified? Want real commercial exposure, not just month-end?
This is a high-impact Finance Business Partner role sitting at the heart of a fast-paced UK manufacturing operation. You'll work closely with senior operational leaders, shaping decisions, challenging performance and driving commercial outcomes - not just reporting on them.
If you're coming out of practice or industry and want a role that gives you visibility, influence and genuine business partnering experience, this is a brilliant next step.

The Role

As Finance Business Partner, you'll be embedded in the operation - acting as the financial conscience of the business and a trusted adviser to site leadership.
You'll translate numbers into insight, spot risks and opportunities early, and help decision-makers understand what's really driving performance.
This is a hands-on, commercial role with plenty of scope to add value quickly.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll get exposure well beyond a traditional reporting role, including:

• Partnering with operational leaders to understand cost drivers, margins and performance
• Producing weekly MI and supporting monthly management accounts for UK manufacturing sites
• Delivering variance analysis and commercial insight - the why, not just the what
• Supporting planning, forecasting and performance reviews
• Developing and tracking KPIs to highlight trends, risks and opportunities
• Completing balance sheet reconciliations and supporting a smooth month-end close
• Improving processes, insight and ways of working across Operational Finance

About You

This role is perfectly suited to a Newly Qualified or Nearly Qualified accountant who wants to step into a visible, commercially focused role.
You'll likely be:

• ACA / ACCA / CIMA Newly Qualified or Near Qualification
• Coming from FMCG, manufacturing or a similar fast-moving environment
• Commercially curious, confident working with non?finance stakeholders
• Strong in Excel and comfortable working with large data sets
• Familiar with SAP (nice to have, not essential)

Most importantly - you'll want to get close to the business and be more than just "the numbers person".

What's In It For You?

• 25 days holiday + your birthday off
• Enhanced pension
• Option to buy up to 5 extra holidays
• Enhanced family?friendly & carers' policies
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance & critical illness cover
• Strong learning & development support
• On-site parking for office days

Working Pattern

• Monday-Thursday: Office-based (Liverpool)
• Friday: Work from home