Finance Business Partner

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Come and join us as a customer focused and results driven Finance Business Partner and be part of a hugely successful and friendly team.

The Role:

As a Finance BP,  you’ll provide excellent analytical and reporting information to deliver the best commercial decisions.  The Finance Business Partner will take ownership of areas such as business partnering, budget forecasting, reporting and presenting to the wider business, as well as working closely with the FP&A reporting and branch operation teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic financial partnership to key business areas, acting as the primary liaison for management and trading meetings.Provide actionable, commercially focused reporting that empowers business partners to make data-driven decisions.
• Articulate and interpret key financial performance metrics and trends, proactively highlighting risks and opportunities.
• Appraise investment proposals and conduct post-implementation reviews to support our investment strategy.Complete annual planning cycles in collaboration with finance teams, including budgets, reforecasts, and the 5-year plan.
• Track and support key business initiatives to drive growth and operational profitability.Continuously evaluate and refine key performance reporting to sharpen the business's focus on profitability drivers.
• Partner with finance colleagues to ensure comprehensive oversight of Balance Sheet and P&L performance.

This is a hybrid-based opportunity with true flexibility to work from home 2 days a week, with 3 days in our offices in Crick, Northamptonshire

You:

You’ll live and breathe our Customer First ethos, with an innovative and agile approach to problem-solving.  You’ll enjoy working collaboratively with the wider Finance team and you’ll thrive on delivering excellent support to the wider team.

Whilst our preference is for someone to be fully qualified in either ACA / ACCA / CIMA, we will also consider more junior applicants who are currently part-qualified and studying with a few exams left to complete

Skills and competencies

• Fully qualified in CIMA, ACCA, or ACA.   
• Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills with proven experience in manipulating large data slabs.   
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex data for both Finance and Non-Finance teams.   
• Solid commercial awareness, including sales and margin experience, vendor management, and business processes.
• Preferred: Knowledge of SQL, process automation, and visualisation tools like Data Studio/Looker Studio.   
• Preferred: Experience with profitability analysis, working capital management, and multi-site/supply chain knowledge.

Us;

From boilers to bathroom suites, tubing to towel rails and everything in between, City Plumbing has all the products our customers need to complete the job. And we have all you need to build a successful career! We’re proud of our reputation for selling quality plumbing and heating products to both trade and retail customers and we’re super excited about our future. We put our colleagues at the heart of all we do, giving them all the tools they need to be successful, happy and feel rewarded in their career with us.

Benefits Package and Cultural Environment:

• Bonus
• Discounts, savings and cash back at numerous retailers
• Life assurance
• Extended family policy including maternity, paternity, additional annual leave and more
• Mental Health First Aiders and Employee Assistance Programme, we look out for each other
• Complete induction and a company that lets you grow and encourages development
• Financial education and loans
• Flexible working options
• A business striving to create an environment of inclusion so everyone can be their true self
• And more!

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We’re passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that celebrates and values diversity. Bring your whole self to work regardless of age, disability, gender identity or reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. We don’t want you to ‘fit’ our culture, we want you to enrich it. 

We are committed to best practices in recruitment and undertake Basic Criminal Record Disclosures for candidates that are offered employment within our branches that undertake deliveries for British Gas. This check will only be undertaken after the acceptance of an offer of employment.