Barden are exclusively partnering with a global food innovator with a as they seek a highly skilled Finance Business Partner to join their finance team. This person will play a vital role in driving financial performance and supporting strategic decision-making. This position involves delivering insightful analysis, robust forecasting, and proactive business partnering to enable operational and commercial excellence across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted finance partner to operations leadership, influencing strategic and day-to-day decisions
- Provide clear financial insights, challenge, and commercial guidance to drive accountability and performance
- Translate financial data into actionable insights for non-finance stakeholders and build financial awareness across teams
- Partner with Operations to deliver continuous improvement, cost optimisation, and efficiency initiatives
- Lead financial evaluation of capital investments to ensure strong return on investment
- Develop and maintain KPI reporting to enhance operational performance and transparency
- Own Bill Of Materials (BOM) accuracy, stock reporting, and support resolution of manufacturing and inventory issues
- Manage operations cost centres, including month-end close and variance analysis
- Deliver in-depth analysis of manufacturing performance with actionable recommendations
- Support budgeting, forecasting, and long-term strategic planning aligned to operational goals
- Contribute to cross-functional projects and support finance team priorities during peak periods
Key Requirements
- Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA) with 3+ years PQE.
- Advanced Excel skills; experience with ERP systems and BI tools is an advantage.
- Strong influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Commercially astute with excellent analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Proven experience as a business partner to non-finance functions.
- Highly motivated, adaptable, and forward-thinking.
- International experience is a plus.