Finance Business Partner £35k Study Bonus Loughborough A European owned engineering company is seeking to add an experienced Finance Business Partner to their team, reporting directly to the Finance Director. A fantastic opportunity for a driven accountant, passionate about the value add of business partnering and seeking an operationally focused role. Essentially we are seeking to draw applications from candidates who can demonstrate business partnering experience / exposure, part qualified / newly qualified, strong management accounts experience along with good systems capabilities (Excel) and a good understanding of accounting principals such as double entry, nominal ledgers and statutory accounts The Role You will be required to support the production of insightful and accurate management reports and statutory accounts to meet company deadlines. To provide business partnering support to the sales and operational teams to help improve margins, efficiency and profitability. Responsible for assisting the Finance Director in all aspects of financial management of the company. Control cashflow on a daily / weekly and monthly basis, together with forecasts. Assist in the preparation of monthly management accounts and statutory accounts. Maintenance and development of management information reports. Preparation of statutory monthly reports (eg ECSL, VAT returns, intrastat) Analysis of costs and nominal accounts. Support the business with the delivery of financial KPI information and modelling of income, margins and costs. Provide insightful analysis to support improved performance. General insight regarding the performance of sales and account performance with predictive modelling. Delivering ad-hoc Management Information reports to meet business needs. Fully document new and existing processes and reports to a high standard. Transactional support for purchase ledger and credit control. Review and authorise the monthly payroll, including checking for errors and anomalies, verifying hours worked, sick days used, and other employee information. Monthly reconciliation of all payroll related balance sheet control accounts - PAYE, Pensions etc. Produce pension reports and submit monthly DD payment. Monthly stocktake reporting. Assist in preparation of the annual budget. Coordinate the annual external audit. Preparation of business cases. Ad-hoc support to the Finance Director. Key relationships will include; Finance team (including Finance Director), Operational team (including Operations Director), Quality team, Sales and Commercial team (including Sales Director) and IT