Full-time Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm
Location: WA12 Newton-Le-willows
Salary: Upto £55,000.00 per annum
We’re looking for a hands‑on, commercially minded Finance Business Partner to join our team and play a key role in driving financial performance, visibility and discipline across the group.
In this role, you’ll work closely with senior stakeholders and budget holders, providing clear insight into business performance, supporting better decision‑making, and identifying risks and opportunities early. You’ll be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and able to communicate complex financial information in plain, simple terms.
This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys partnering with the business, influencing decisions, and improving the consistency and quality of financial management and reporting.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering & Insight
- Support budget holders and senior leaders with day‑to‑day financial insight and performance analysis.
- Produce monthly reporting packs, including variance analysis and clear commentary on performance drivers.
- Provide ad‑hoc analysis to support operational and commercial decision-making.
- Identify risks, overspends and underperformance early, supporting corrective action.
Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting
- Support budgeting and forecasting cycles, helping to improve budget ownership and accuracy.
- Work closely with Management Accounts and transactional finance to ensure accurate and timely month-end delivery.
- Support improvements to planning, reporting and financial discipline across the business.
Performance & Process Improvement
- Help strengthen performance visibility and accountability across the group.
- Contribute to enhancements in reporting quality, financial processes, and consistency of business partnering.
- Maintain awareness of working capital and cashflow drivers, including Invoice Discounting (ID) implications.
About You
Qualifications & Experience
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified.
- Proven experience in a Finance Business Partnering or commercial finance role.
- Strong understanding of management accounts, cost drivers and margin/profitability analysis.
- Experience in budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis with the ability to explain performance in plain English.
- Experience with Invoice Discounting (ID) or similar funding facilities (desirable).
- Confident user of ERP / accounting systems and Excel; comfortable working with large datasets.
Skills & Competencies
- Strong commercial finance capability, with a focus on performance drivers and cost control.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify trends early.
- Able to produce clear, insightful performance packs and actionable recommendations.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills; confident providing constructive challenge.
- Highly organised, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Process-driven with a continuous improvement mindset.
- High level of integrity, accuracy and professional standards.
- Good understanding of working capital, cashflow and ID-linked cash visibility.
Our Culture
We’re looking for someone who:
- Lives our CARE values and champions consistency and communication.
- Thrives in a fast-paced, service-led, entrepreneurial environment.
- Is comfortable challenging the status quo and finding better ways of working.
- Takes ownership, follows through and drives accountability.
- Is a strong ambassador for our brand, passionate about delivering service with care.
What You’ll Contribute
- Improved financial visibility and better budgeting and forecasting accuracy.
- Stronger ownership of performance across budget holders and operational teams.
- Enhanced reporting, insight and financial discipline.
- Support to senior leaders enabling stronger commercial and operational decision-making.
If you're a proactive, commercially focused finance professional who enjoys partnering with the business and driving meaningful change, we’d love to hear from you.
Apply today.
