Finance Business Partner

Description:

Salary: Competitive
Location: Southport
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week

Unipart Rail is part of the Unipart Group, one of Europe's leading independent logistics’ companies that employs more than 8,000 employees worldwide and has an annual turnover of more than £800 million. 
 
We have a long heritage in the rail industry based on decades of experience, we have continuous improvement plans to embrace innovation in both products and business techniques to ensure that we remain the first and best choice for our customers.
 
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced Finance Business Partner to work at our Southport site.
  
Benefits

Competitive salary
Pension and death in service provisions for employees in pension scheme 
25 Days Hols (plus Bank Holidays)
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) 
Health and Wellbeing Initiatives 
Employee offers and discounts from various retailers 
Recognition events and rewards 
Free on site car parking 

Main Purpose of the Role 

Working closely with senior management on site and with the central Finance functions provide the appropriate level of financial reporting and review to enable the Dorman Manufacturing business to drive current and future performance of the business.
 
Accountable for completing monthly management reports and accounts and supporting with budgeting / forecasting process.   Responsible for collating and approving all costing information for bid support.
Largely autonomous role with limited day to day supervision / direction.  Operates within delegated authority levels and to set financial procedures governance structures.  Work is a mixture of proactive (new business / processes / capital investments) and reactive (monthly reporting schedules).
 
Management Of People & Advisory 

Supervision / direction of assistant accountant within Finance Department.  Provides financial advice / business partner support to Manufacturing site leadership team.
 
Spread Of Skills & Analysis Required 

Role will require a broad knowledge of financial / accountancy principles applied to a manufacturing environment. Analytical skills will be paramount and ability to influence key stakeholders within the business operating as the financial business partner.
 
Jobholder is required to produce highly accurate financial reports to monthly internally set deadlines.  Customer bid responses are required to be highly accurate and submitted to externally set deadlines
  
Qualifications & Education 

Degree qualified in a finance or business discipline
Fully qualified in a professional accountancy qualification. (ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
 
Experience & Proven Ability Required 

Essential:

Previous experience operating in a finance role in a manufacturing environment is highly desirable
Familiarity working with MRP systems, ideally SAP
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to influence and negotiate with both internal and external stakeholders
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
Leadership and strategic thinking

Duties & Key Responsibilities

Prepare financial reports for the Dorman business unit across customer sales, margin, operating efficiency (labour, machine etc), inventory 
Responsible for the Corporate Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting process in relation to costs and overheads to support the targeted sales
Maintain financial reporting tools and techniques to support business use requirements.
Ensure financial reports requests are completed in a timely manner to agreed deadlines 
Hold meetings with Site leaders to drive improvements from the reporting produced
Ensure customer pricing requests are completed in a timely manner to agreed SLA deadlines 
Prepare customer bid responses and support the business with commercial advice and awareness
Ensure key business projects are on time and cost and delivering the benefits expected once introduced
Act as the lead Financial person on site and drive commercial and financial awareness across the business
Line management of 1 direct report; to provide support and personal development 
Work in a safe manner, taking reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and other people at work, following appropriate Health and Safety guidance, training and company rules and procedures as appropriate.

As a valued employee of Unipart Rail, you can look forward to a varied and rewarding career with a company that holds the Investors in People accreditation and also world class status in employee engagement.
 
Strictly no agencies and we would ask that agencies refrain from making contact with any of our colleagues and that no CVs are submitted to staff across the business. Any CVs sent will be at your own risk.   We will reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your company’s Terms and Conditions.

You may have experience in the following roles: Financial Analyst, Management Accountant, Cost Accountant, Commercial Finance Analyst, Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Analyst, Financial Controller, Finance Manager, Senior Accountant, Budget Analyst, etc.

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