Finance Business Partner - #2162504

Finance Business Partner

Glasgow area

Excellent salary and benefits package including car allowance and bonus, hybrid working

Iconic Resourcing are delighted to be retained by an international industrial group based in the Glasgow area on a confidential Finance Business Partner search for its UK production business.

This is a high-visibility role with real influence. You'll be one of the most senior people in the local organisation, owning financial control and business partnering and working directly with the Operations and Commercial Directors, who share accountability for the P&L.

You'll be the link between production (costs and planning) and the commercial side (purchasing, sourcing and sales). The business wants someone who understands what's driving the numbers and can explain it in a way that changes decisions.

Key responsibilities

• Own monthly performance reporting against budget and forecast, breaking variances down into real causes such as yield, production loss, cost and volume

• Lead budgeting (OPEX and CAPEX), forecasting, year-end landings and close

• Deliver product cost planning, analysis and inventory accounting

• Run period-end close to tight deadlines and prepare the business for the annual audit

• Act as a trusted adviser to the directors and help build one joined-up operations and commercial team

• Work in SAP S/4HANA and produce analysis and models that feed standardised European reporting in Power BI

• Ensure finance processes follow group standards, and escalate risks and compliance issues

• Lead and develop a small finance team

• Support improvement and change as the business grows, with potential for further expansion

About you

The successful candidate will likely be a fully qualified accountant with strong experience across business partnering, analysis, financial control and month-end reporting. The key requirements include:

• Experience in an industrial or production environment

• A true business partnering mindset

• Experience in an international group or the UK arm of one

• Comfortable with tight, fixed deadlines and competing priorities

• A genuine team player who builds relationships across operations and commercial and communicates clearly to non-finance colleagues

• Proven ability to lead, motivate and develop a small team

• Pragmatic, enterprising and quick-thinking

How to Apply

If you think you have the experience that we are looking for we would love to hear from you. Please apply with your CV or contact Cameron Brown at Iconic Resourcing for more information. Iconic Resourcing are retained on the search for this role - all third party applications will be directed to Iconic Resourcing for review.

At Iconic Resourcing we are engaged by many leading organisations across Scotland and our aim is to keep the recruitment process simple. The people we work with are often in demand professionals, so we work in a completely agile way which means discussions don't need to be during working hours, we can arrange video calls at times convenient to you. Please visit our website to view all our Iconic Jobs across Scotland.

Iconic Resourcing is an equal opportunities employer and all applications will be treated as such. We act as both an employment business and an employment agency.