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Senior Finance Business Partner

Location: Leeds (hybrid working)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

Duration: Permanent

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Do you have proven experience business partnering with senior non financial stakeholders?

Do you have experience of using multiple sources of information and analysis to create a compelling summary of the findings?

Do you have experience of answering complex business questions and creating a hypothesis for senior stakeholders?

Can you demonstrate how you have influenced and challenged business decisions and impacted performance positively?

Do you have experience of managing multiple stakeholders with competing demands and in some instances tight timescales?

If so, we would like to discuss a truly commercial Senior Finance Business Partner (Manager level) role with you for a successful and instantly recognisable PE backed business based in Leeds.

The business has outperformed their competitors over the past few years and will continue to do so by driving their strategic plan, delivering further improvements and changes that will make a real impact on the whole business.

This is a great commercial and value adding role where you are able to immerse yourself within the company and gain great exposure at a key time in their strategic plan. This is a senior and visible position working closely with senior stakeholders across the business to help set the strategic direction, provide robust commercial insight that will identify opportunities to maximise performance and drive initiatives for profitable growth

The role's main purpose is to develop and deliver clear and robust value add reporting, commercial insights and advice to the Operations team and field business partners, which drive performance improving actions and decision making. Model complex problems and business scenarios and deliver compelling story telling across performance reporting. You will influence and challenge directly effective performance and risk management with your operational partner to deliver improved value for the business units. There will be an element of travel with the role which will enable you to be close to the business and the operational challenges the business is facing.

A full job specification is available.

The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA) who is coming from a similar commercial role where you can provide evidence of where you have influenced, challenged and directed senior stakeholders to maximise the performance of the business.

The role requires an ambitious and proactive individual who enjoys applying a strong commercial focus, with the ability to build robust and productive relationships, providing support and challenge across all functions and liaising with senior management.

We are looking for someone with sparkle, drive & energy to come in and really drive some significant improvement. The individual in this role needs to have strong analytical skills, business partnering and influencing skills in order to be a success in a complex area of the business with multiple stakeholders. You will have a creative and innovative approach to problem solving and analysis; delivery orientated - able to work in pressurised environments, meet multiple deadlines and manage own priorities.

You will also be able to demonstrate business acumen and ability to gain knowledge across the breadth of a variety of functions. Good communication skills - able to translate financial information and create successful business relationships. You will also be able to take a 'big picture' view with demonstrable internal consultancy and influencing skills, while possessing a keen eye for the detail.

If you consider yourself to be a committed, motivated individual, who can demonstrate the above skills then we would be pleased to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick

We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

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