Finance Business Partner

Northampton | Office-based (but you’ll want to be in the office for this one!)
£65,000 - £80,000 Base + Excellent Benefits package

I am partnering with a globally recognised, high-performance engineering organisation to recruit a qualified Finance Business Partner into a highly visible commercial finance role.

Working alongside senior engineering and operational stakeholders, you will provide the financial insight, challenge and modelling needed to support complex projects and informed business decisions. This is a genuinely business-facing position, suited to someone who enjoys getting behind the numbers, understanding operational drivers and influencing stakeholders outside of finance.

What you’ll be doing:

• Face-to-face business partnering with engineering and operational teams to support financial and commercial decision-making
• Managing weekly forecasts and providing clear insight into performance, risks and opportunities
• Controlling and reporting project costs within a highly regulated environment
• Building financial models and costing different operational and commercial scenarios
• Analysing variances and presenting meaningful recommendations to senior stakeholders
• Supporting the development and assessment of business cases
• Interpreting large volumes of financial and operational data
• Developing automated reporting and forecasting tools to improve accuracy, transparency and efficiency
• Supporting compliance with relevant financial regulations and cost-control requirements

What we’re looking for:

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA qualified, ideally with at least two years’ post-qualified experience
• Strong management accounting, budgeting and forecasting experience
• A proven track record of finance business partnering with senior operational stakeholders
• Confident presenting complex financial information in a clear and commercially meaningful way
• Strong financial modelling, scenario analysis and cost-control experience
• Comfortable working within a fast-paced and technically complex environment
• Advanced Excel skills, ideally including Power Query
• Experience of Power BI, SAP or Alteryx would be advantageous
• Manufacturing, engineering, automotive, aerospace, motorsport or R&D experience would be particularly relevant

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially minded accountant who wants to work closely with the operational heartbeat of a technically advanced organisation. You will gain exposure to complex projects, senior stakeholders and sophisticated financial modelling within an environment where quality and performance really matter.