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Finance Manager - Business Partnering

Employer
Michael Page Finance
Location
England, West Yorkshire
Salary
£45000 - £50000 per annum + 20% bonus + CAR
Closing date
May 2, 2019

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Job Role
Finance Manager
Sector
Transport & Rail
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Michael Page are proud to be working with a well known national business to source a Finance Manager for their site in West Yorkshire.

Client Details

Our client process more than 300 million parcels each year and operate nearly 10,000 independent couriers.

Working with a number of major retailers across the UK they have won awards for their service.

Description

The focus of this role will be to drive effective planning, management reporting and profit improvement with non-financial stakeholders across the business and coach and develop the finance team to provide effective business partnering.

Responsibilities will include;

  • Building strong relationships with the director and senior management of the business unit to assist with conversion of high level business plans to detailed operational and commercial solutions.

  • Ensuring plans are subject to sufficient challenge to ensure they are robust and actionable.

  • Producing periodic performance reports for each business unit with detailed commentary on variances and actions required.

  • Financially appraise investments and changes to operational procedures. Track and review the results of investments to assess value for money.

  • Set targets for operational and financial improvement and monitor against these targets

  • Identifying and tracking of risks/ opportunities vs plan.

  • Lead, direct and support the team

  • Help develop the financial awareness of the operational and commercial management teams, and assist with the development of the current MI, KPI and flash reporting.

Profile

For this role you will be a Qualified Accountant with demonstrable experience in business partnering.

You will be highly numerate and analytical, able to spot risk and opportunity and communicate effectively with stakeholders in and out of Finance.

Job Offer

Competitive salary + car + bonus.

There will be some travel for this role (up to 3 days a week maximum) so please bear this in mind when applying.

Company

Michael Page specialises in the permanent, temporary and interim recruitment of qualified accountants. In fact, our organisation was founded to provide selection and recruitment services for accounting professionals and has been a market leader in this field for more than 35 years.

We have earned the trust of clients in industry and commerce, the banking and financial services markets and the public and not-for-profit sector. We also have an exemplary track record of completing assignments for everyone from small, boutique practices to the Big Four firms.

Many of our consultants have a background in accounting and finance – that’s real, grass roots expertise at your disposal. Combine that with the global reach you get from a company that has over 155 offices in 36 countries and you’re looking at a pretty formidable package. We are confident no other consultancy is better qualified to help you make that crucial, next step in your career.

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