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Regional Finance Business Partner
Компания: Medlock Partners
Город: West Midlands
**Role :** Regional Finance Business Partner
**Reports to:** Head Of Commercial Finance (supporting Area General Manager)
**Location:** Midlands
**Salary:** Flexible (dependant on person) + Car Allowance, Bonus, Private Health
Medlock Partners are delighted to be partnering with a large multi-site engineering business as they look to appoint a commercially focused Finance Business Partner to cover their Midlands region. Reporting to Finance Director and supporting the Area General Manager, the Finance Business Partner will play a key role in driving performance across operational, commercial and logistics functions.
This is a high-impact role with broad exposure, senior stakeholder engagement and genuine influence over decision-making, performance and long-term planning.
Key Responsibilities
1\. Commercial & Operational Business Partnering
* Partner with operational and commercial stakeholders to provide financial insight and challenge.
* Support decision-making through robust financial analysis, scenario modelling, and investment appraisal
* Drive understanding of profitability by customer, product, site, and activity
* Support pricing decisions, margin improvement initiatives, and cost-to-serve analysis
* Provide financial input into strategic projects, operational improvements, and capital investment proposals
2\. Performance Reporting & Analysis
* Deliver timely and insightful weekly and monthly performance reporting
* Analyse trading performance, identifying key drivers of variance against budget, forecast, and prior year
* Prepare clear commentary on financial and operational performance, risks, and opportunities
* Support the development of KPI reporting and forward-looking management information
* Contribute to executive reporting requirements where required
3\. Budgeting, Forecasting & Planning
* Support the annual business planning process across operational areas
* Lead periodic forecasting cycles and rolling outlooks with budget holders
* Challenge assumptions and ensure robust financial ownership across the business
* Track delivery of actions and performance improvement plans
4\. Working Capital & Cash Management
* Support the management of inventory, debtors, creditors, and operational cash performance
* Provide analysis and challenge around stock levels, aged balances, and cash conversion
* Work closely with operational teams to improve working capital discipline and reporting
5\. Financial Control & Governance
* Ensure strong financial discipline and adherence to internal controls, policies, and governance standards
* Support month-end processes, accruals, provisions, and balance sheet reviews where required
* Maintain accuracy and integrity of financial information used for decision-making
* Support audit requests and continuous improvement of financial processes
**Key requirements:**
* CIMA/ACCA/ACA equivalent qualification
* Able to form positive relationships with Executive, Senior and Depot Management
* Experience across multi site cost centres, collating information from varying sources
* Ability to maintain a high level of accuracy in preparing and entering financial information
* Able to travel to multiple sites within the region
* Excellent presentation & Strong data analysis skills
* Effective verbal and listening communications skills
* Attention to detail and high level of accuracy
* Very effective organisational & time management skills
This role would ideally suit a commercially focused finance professional looking for a position that delivers high impact and full visibility at a senior level. You will possess the ability to influence commercial outcomes and operational performance by taking on a broad, influential and high profile remit within a global organisation. Candidates will have ideally worked in a similar capacity, within a large multi-site environment, ideally with the Manufacturing/Engineering or Logistics sectors.
In return the successful candidate will join a thriving global business that offers full training and support, a comprehensive salary and package, coupled with un parallelled progression opportunities. The business operates a “investment in people” culture, is globally conscious and boasts a highly impressive staff retention rate.