Interim Procurement Finance Business Partner
Posted Today by EA First
£120,000 Per year
Undetermined
Hybrid
Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Interim Procurement Finance Business Partner role is a critical position within a Birmingham-based production company, focusing on financial leadership and reporting within the procurement function. The role involves providing insights and robust financial control to influence strategic decision-making related to cost and cash management. The successful candidate will partner with senior procurement stakeholders and drive improvements in procurement reporting and controls. This position requires a qualified accountant with a strong background in procurement finance and the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own weekly and monthly procurement financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, insight, and action.
- Design and continuously improve procurement reporting and KPIs.
- Validate and track procurement savings.
- Full ownership of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) reporting and forecasting.
- Lead the procurement budget and forecast process.
- Maintain strong internal controls across procurement finance and inventory.
- Sign off statutory submissions and key costing inputs.
- Act as a trusted finance partner to senior procurement stakeholders.
- Provide scenario modelling, ROI, and payback analysis.
- Support supplier negotiations with data-led insights.
- Drive adoption of Spend Cube and analytics tools.
- Focus on DIO and DPO optimisation.
- Identify and mitigate commodity and procurement-related risks.
Key Skills:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent).
- Strong background in procurement, supply chain, or operations finance.
- Proven experience managing PPV, inventory, and commodity exposure.
- Confident business partner able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders.
- Commercial, analytical, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment.
- Available at short notice to start in Birmingham or Hertfordshire.
Salary (Rate): £120,000.00 yearly
City: Birmingham
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Finance
My Birmingham based client is a fast-paced, commercially driven organisation who are seeking to engage an Interim Procurement Finance Business Partner . This is a pivotal role sitting at the heart of Finance and Procurement, offering genuine influence over cost, cash, and strategic decision-making. My client is UK-based production company that owns and manages a portfolio of well-known brands that are sold in the UK as well as continental Europe.
As Interim Procurement Finance Business Partner reporting into the Head Supply Chain Finance, you will act as the finance lead for the group procurement function - providing insight, challenge, and robust financial control.
Duties will include:
- Financial Leadership & Reporting
- Own weekly and monthly procurement financial reporting, ensuring accuracy, insight, and action
- Design and continuously improve procurement reporting and KPIs
- Validate and track procurement savings
- Full ownership of Purchase Price Variance (PPV) reporting and forecasting
- Budgeting, Forecasting & Controls
- Lead the procurement budget and forecast process
- Maintain strong internal controls across procurement finance and inventory
- Sign off statutory submissions and key costing inputs
- Business Partnering & Decision Support
- Act as a trusted finance partner to senior procurement stakeholders
- Provide scenario modelling, ROI and payback analysis
- Support supplier negotiations with data-led insights
- Drive adoption of Spend Cube and analytics tools
- Working Capital, Risk & Cash
- Focus on DIO and DPO optimisation
- Identify and mitigate commodity and procurement-related risks
The desirable candidate Interim Procurement Finance Business Partner application:
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent)
- Strong background in procurement, supply chain, or operations finance
- Proven experience managing PPV, inventory, and commodity exposure
- Confident business partner able to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
- Commercial, analytical, and comfortable operating in a fast-moving environment
- Be available at short notice to start in Birmingham or Hertfordshire
Attractive Day Rate 4 Days on-site in Birmingham or Hertfordshire / 1 day remote working
EA First Ltd are acting as an Employment Agency for this FTC vacancy.