Senior Finance Business Partner

Job Description:

On-site (5 days per week)

Salary: Up to £55,000

Manufacturing Environment

W Talent is a specialist recruitment partner working across finance and manufacturing sectors, connecting high-quality talent with leading businesses across the UK. We take a consultative, relationship-led approach and support both clients and candidates throughout the recruitment process.

We are currently partnering with a long-established manufacturing business to recruit a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their finance team.

This is a commercially focused, hands-on finance business partnering role within a manufacturing environment. The position is not focused on statutory accounting, but instead on financial control, operational performance, and decision support across production and commercial teams.

You will play a key role in supporting the business to understand risks, opportunities, cost drivers, and shopfloor efficiency improvements, working closely with operational leaders to improve performance and financial visibility.

• Act as a key finance business partner across manufacturing and commercial functions
• Support decision-making through analysis of risks, opportunities, and performance drivers
• Provide insight into stock, inventory, and shopfloor efficiency improvements
• Work closely with operational teams to improve cost control and overall business performance
• Deliver clear financial reporting, insight, and commentary to senior stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement initiatives across finance and operations
• Extract and analyse financial and operational data using SAP

• Minimum 5 years' relevant finance experience
• Strong background in manufacturing finance / business partnering
• Experience supporting both commercial and operational teams
• Strong understanding of stock, inventory, and production cost drivers
• SAP experience (essential)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability
• Confident communicator able to influence non-finance stakeholders
• Proactive, commercially minded, and comfortable in a site-based, hands-on role

Salary: Up to £55,000

Hours: 38 per week (earlier finish on Fridays)

Location: On-site, 5 days per week (limited flexibility available)

Bonus: 6% (company and individual performance dependent)

• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (rising to 28 with service)
• Additional holiday day for every 5 years' service
• Option to buy/sell up to 5 days annually
• 5% employer pension contribution (post-probation)
• Private healthcare (GP referral treatment)
• Health cash plan (dental, optical and routine healthcare costs)
• Profit share scheme
• Wellbeing portal with lifestyle, fitness and financial tools
• Annual £100 retail credit
• Seasonal company events including Easter, Summer and Christmas gatherings
• Open-door access to senior leadership team
• Values-led culture: Learning Organisation, Winning Mindset, Engaged Teams

If you would like to apply or find out more about this opportunity, please contact W Talent: