Interim Finance Business Partner
Posted 6 days ago by Elevation Recruitment Group
£75,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Sheffield
Summary: The Interim Finance Business Partner role is focused on enhancing financial performance within a prominent manufacturing business in Sheffield during a critical growth phase. The position emphasizes commercial insight, particularly in costing, margins, and operational performance. This role requires collaboration with various stakeholders to support decision-making and improve financial processes. The contract is for a duration of six months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with operations and senior stakeholders to drive financial performance and support decision making
- Lead on product costing, standard costing and margin analysis across the manufacturing process
- Analyse variances across materials, labour and overheads, providing clear insight and recommendations
- Support budgeting, forecasting and ongoing performance tracking
- Deliver clear and insightful reporting to support operational and commercial decisions
- Work closely with production teams to improve efficiency, cost control and profitability
- Support improvements in finance systems, processes and reporting
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong business partnering experience
- Proven background in manufacturing finance with strong costing knowledge
- Strong understanding of standard costing, variance analysis and margin improvement
- Confident stakeholder management across finance and operations
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insight
Salary (Rate): £75,000/year
City: Sheffield
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
Interim Finance Business Partner Hybrid£70k - £75k6 Month FTC Sheffield Elevation Recruitment Group is exclusively partnering with a prominent manufacturing business in Sheffield to appoint an Interim Finance Business Partner. This role will focus on driving commercial insight, with a strong emphasis on costing, margins and operational performance during a key period of growth and transformation.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with operations and senior stakeholders to drive financial performance and support decision making
- Lead on product costing, standard costing and margin analysis across the manufacturing process
- Analyse variances across materials, labour and overheads, providing clear insight and recommendations
- Support budgeting, forecasting and ongoing performance tracking
- Deliver clear and insightful reporting to support operational and commercial decisions
- Work closely with production teams to improve efficiency, cost control and profitability
- Support improvements in finance systems, processes and reporting
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) with strong business partnering experience
- Proven background in manufacturing finance with strong costing knowledge
- Strong understanding of standard costing, variance analysis and margin improvement
- Confident stakeholder management across finance and operations
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into clear insight