Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner (12-Month Fixed-Term Contract) Salary: £48,000 + Bonus + Excellent Benefits Location: Billingham (Flexible Hybrid Working) Our client, a leading FMCG organisation, is seeking a commercially focused Finance Business Partner to join their finance team on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This is an exciting opportunity for an ambitious finance professional who enjoys building strong relationships, influencing decision-making and partnering with stakeholders to drive business performance. Working closely with operational and project teams, you'll act as a trusted finance partner, providing meaningful insight, robust financial support and commercial challenge to ensure key initiatives are delivered successfully. The Opportunity This is a highly visible role where you'll work across a variety of business projects, partnering with both finance and non-finance stakeholders to provide financial guidance throughout the project lifecycle. You'll ensure strong financial governance, improve forecasting accuracy and help leaders make informed commercial decisions. Key Responsibilities - Partner with operational and project stakeholders, providing financial support, challenge and commercial insight. - Build strong relationships across the business, becoming the trusted finance contact for key projects and business areas. - Deliver accurate budgeting, forecasting and financial planning for multiple projects. - Monitor project spend, analyse variances and provide clear recommendations to improve financial performance. - Produce insightful financial reporting that supports effective decision-making. - Strengthen financial governance, controls and approval processes across project activity. - Identify financial risks and opportunities, working with stakeholders to develop appropriate mitigation plans. - Support business cases and investment decisions through robust financial analysis. - Drive continuous improvements across reporting, planning and financial processes. About You We're keen to hear from both part-qualified and fully qualified accountants who enjoy working collaboratively across a business and influencing stakeholders. You'll ideally have: - CIMA or ACCA qualification (part-qualified or qualified). - Experience within Finance Business Partnering, Commercial Finance, Management Accounting or Project Accounting. - Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and challenge where appropriate. - Strong commercial awareness and analytical capability. - Advanced Excel skills and the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insight. - A proactive, solutions-focused approach with excellent communication skills. What's on Offer? - £48,000 annual salary. - Annual bonus scheme. - Comprehensive healthcare package. - Pension with employer contributions matched up to 7%. - 25 days holiday plus the option to purchase additional leave. - Flexible benefits platform and wellbeing support. Working Pattern Based from the Billingham site, this role offers a flexible hybrid working pattern, with approximately one day per week in the office and occasional travel to other UK locations as business needs require. All business travel and associated expenses are fully covered by the company. If you're looking for a role where you can combine strong financial expertise with genuine business partnering and commercial influence, we'd love to hear from you. Vitae Financial Recruitment Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.