Senior Finance Business Partner

Unipart Manufacturing Group; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Coventry seeks a Senior Finance Business Partner to lead the site finance team. This role involves driving productivity, managing financial operations, and implementing robust financial controls. Candidates should be qualified accountants with extensive experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments and strong skills in financial reporting and analysis. The position offers competitive compensation including benefits such as a car allowance and flexible benefits scheme.

Benefits

25 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Wellbeing support

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with proven experience in a finance business partner role.
• Extensive experience in a fast-paced manufacturing environment required.
• Strong team leadership and development skills necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial updates and ensure accurate KPIs for plant management.
• Deliver monthly management accounts, variance analysis and reconciliations.
• Support commercial activities with accurate sales data and cost interrogation.
• Maintain monthly cash flow forecasts and support treasury analysis.
• Lead and develop AP & AR Finance staff.

Skills

Financial reporting expertise

Advanced Excel skills

Strong commercial awareness

Analytical ability

Team leadership

Communication skills

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)

Relevant finance or accounting degree

Tools

Manufacturing ERP systems (IFS desirable)

Job description

Location: Coventry (CV6 5LZ)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday, 08:00-17:00
Salary: £60,000 per annum, plus car / car allowance, 25 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and flexible benefits scheme

About The Job

You’ll have an important part to play, reporting directly to the Financial Controller and sitting at the heart of our financial operations across key growth areas. As we expand and diversify beyond our internal combustion engine portfolio into exciting new sectors, you will be instrumental in ensuring robust financial controls are implemented and maintained. Here at Unipart, we don’t just have a way of working - we have The Unipart Way. It empowers every team member to achieve personal and professional goals to a world-class level through our ‘From Gate to Great’ training and development programme.

As Senior Finance Business Partner

You will drive plant productivity and profitability while leading and managing the site finance team, including Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR), ensuring the financial engine of the business runs smoothly and efficiently.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide divisional leadership with weekly financial updates and ensure plant management receives accurate, timely KPIs, holding them accountable for operational performance
• Deliver accurate monthly management accounts, variance analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Support commercial activities with accurate sales and margin data, interrogate costings, and assist in pricing strategies
• Develop and maintain product costing and inventory valuations, including annual standard cost updates
• Create costings for new growth products and implement them in the ERP system
• Proactively identify and evaluate cost-saving, profit-enhancing, and process improvement opportunities
• Maintain monthly cash flow forecasts and support group treasury with additional analysis
• Manage site Opex and Capex projects, ensuring robust investment appraisals and post-project reviews
• Lead and develop AP & AR Finance staff, ensuring motivation, training, and performance standards are met

About You

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with a relevant finance or accounting degree
• Proven experience leading and developing teams
• Strong financial reporting expertise and advanced Excel skills
• Ability to communicate and build relationships across all levels
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical ability
• Extensive experience as a Finance Business Partner in a fast-paced manufacturing environment
• Working knowledge of VAT, Corporation Tax, RDEC, and UK GAAP
• Experience with manufacturing ERP systems (IFS desirable)

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies. We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales. As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.

You may have experience of the following: Finance Business Partner - Senior Level, Lead Finance Business Partner, Senior Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Manager, Commercial Finance Manager, Finance Strategy Partner, Senior Management Accountant, Financial Controller – Business Partnering, etc.

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