Senior Finance Business Partner

The Role

As our Group Functions Senior Finance Business Partner, you'll combine strong financial accounting expertise with a hands on approach to improving financial reporting, data integrity and business performance. Working closely with senior stakeholders, including the CFO and CEO, you'll bring greater clarity, consistency and insight to financial decision making across our central functions.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Leading monthly reporting, budgeting and forecasting, providing clear analysis of performance, spend and variances.

• Ensuring accurate month end reporting, P&L, balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls.

• Improving financial systems, data structures and reporting, identifying and resolving issues at their source.

• Partnering with Function Heads to challenge expenditure, review performance and support financial accountability.

• Working with Shared Services and wider finance teams to improve processes, data quality and reporting efficiency.

Who We're Looking For

You're an energetic, analytical and proactive finance professional who can translate detailed insights into action, challenge existing ways of working and drive process improvement to support business performance.

You'll bring:

• ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent qualification, with a solid financial accounting background.

• Strong month end, management accounting, P&L and balance sheet experience.

• Great analytical and data skills, with experience of SAP, CXO, Power BI or similar financial systems.

• A hands on approach to improving reporting, processes and data accuracy.

• Excellent relationship building and communication skills, with the confidence to influence and challenge stakeholders.

• Curiosity and a genuine passion for making things work better.

What's in It for You

A highly visible opportunity to shape and improve financial reporting within a global business, with exposure to senior leadership and the chance to develop your commercial business partnering and FP&A capabilities.

• Career progression opportunities within a global organisation

• Exposure to international projects and change initiatives

• A supportive, inclusive culture where your development matters

• The opportunity to help shape the next chapter of our business

Location & Work Pattern

This is a hybrid role and can be based in London (Paddington) or Macclesfield with ocassional travel to our UK and European offices.

Ready to Apply?

If you’re ready to join Bodycote and make a tangible impact, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and start your journey with us.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of characteristics protected by local law, including (where applicable) gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief, and ethnic origin. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive work environment.