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Interim Finance Business Partner

Posted: 02/03/26
Recruiter:Hays
Reference:3077784600
Type:Temporary
Salary:Competitive Competitive Day rate
Location:Dorset
Description: Interim Finance Business Partner from a Manufacturing background who is immediately available

Your new company
A global engineering and manufacturing organisation, recognised for innovation and operational excellence, is seeking an experienced Finance Business Partner to support its Operations & Supply Chain division. The business is undergoing significant optimisation across its manufacturing footprint, and this opportunity plays a key role in shaping that journey. Your new role
Working as a strategic partner to Operations and Supply Chain leadership, you'll provide high quality financial insight to influence decision making across manufacturing performance, cost control, planning, and operational efficiency initiatives. You will:

  • Deliver financial analysis across labour, materials, inventory, and operational KPIs
  • Support forecasting, budgeting, and long range planning for the UK site
  • Challenge assumptions and identify risks, opportunities, and improvement areas
  • Business partner closely with cross functional stakeholders, ensuring financial transparency
  • Drive standardisation, process improvement, and stronger cost to serve visibility
This is a role where you'll genuinely impact operational outcomes, not just report on them.

What you'll need to succeed
To thrive in this contract, you'll bring:
  • Proven experience as a Finance Business Partner within manufacturing, engineering or similar complex environments
  • Strong analytical and modelling skills with a commercially proactive mindset
  • The ability to influence senior leaders and challenge constructively
  • Experience working across Operations & Supply Chain finance
  • A hands on, solutions driven approach suited to an interim environment
  • Ideally, a recognised accounting qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
What you'll get in return
  • A high impact interim role within a global organisation with an opportunity of a permanent role.
  • Hybrid working and a supportive leadership team
  • The chance to shape operational performance during a key transformation period
  • Competitive day rate, aligned to experience
  • What you need to do now
    If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
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