Metier Peoples is delighted to delighted to be partnering with an organisation based in Fife looking to appoint a Finance Business Partner position. The role is based in Fife and the organisation is offering a very flexible / hybrid working model.

The position will support senior leadership and management teams to drive and improve business performance in a growth oriented business environment. The Finance Business Partner will work closely with the operational teams to ensure the financial close process and ultimately the management information created is both robust and ultimately used to support decision making to improve performance.

The Job:

  • Lead the provision of timely, accurate and insightful reporting, analysis and targeted interpretation of monthly results to the departmental and/or regional management teams.

  • Highlight key performance variances and work with the business areas to agree corrective action and identify any risks or opportunities to the latest forecast

  • Engage with stakeholders to create the Budgets & Forecasts for business areas feeding into the overall Budget, providing information & analysis for incorporation into Board reports

  • Identifying and delivering process improvement and cost reduction opportunities across the business sites

  • Developing and maintaining reporting dashboards, and providing financial modelling support for ad hoc requests and initiatives

  • Developing new ways of accessing data to create insightful analysis that guides and informs to support decision making

  • Regular monthly attendance at management team meetings

The successful candidate will also be able to demonstrate the following:

  • Demonstrable experience in the provision of financial planning and analysis support and advice to operational and service delivery teams

  • Experience in supporting non-finance managers in the delivery of the business plans; in interpreting the financial aspects of performance reporting; and to ensure decision making is based on robust assumptions and modelling

  • Demonstrable experience in creating financial models

  • Experience in delivering financial monthly reports & analysis to inform and influence senior managers

  • Demonstrable experience in the preparation and development of annual budgets and quarterly forecasting, ensuring the engagement of the budget holders responsible for delivery

  • Working on integrated, complex financial systems with a focus on reporting and interpreting data for use in analysis to support decision making

  • Experience of identifying, developing and implementing process change

This is a fast-paced environment, and we need someone who is proactive, self-motivated and a team player. To be successful in this role you will

  • Be an effective communicator

  • Be able to prioritise and coordinate busy workloads

  • Have strong attention to detail and analytical skills

For more information, please contact [email protected] / 07732314846