Finance Business Partner

Hays Senior Finance are partnering exclusively with a global engineering business based in Herefordshire, supporting them with the recruitment of a Senior Finance Business Partner to join their ambitious and driven team
Role Purpose
The Senior Finance Business Partner will play a key leadership role within the Finance function, providing high-quality commercial insight, strengthening financial control, and supporting strategic decision-making across the business. This role combines hands-on financial oversight with strong people management and business partnering.
Key Responsibilities
Business Partnering & Commercial Insight

• Build and maintain strong, trusted relationships with senior stakeholders across all functions.
• Provide timely, accurate and insightful financial information to support effective decision-making.
• Evolve and enhance the FP&A support provided to the business, with a strong focus on commercial performance.
• Constructively challenge stakeholders to drive improved margins, efficiencies, and value creation.
• Identify and communicate balance sheet risks and opportunities.

• Line manage two direct reports: Finance Business Partner and Management Accountant.
• Build a positive team culture with clear accountability and high performance standards.
• Ensure finance processes are effective, efficient, and consistently applied.
• Develop and implement Learning & Development plans for team members.
• Support succession planning within the Finance team.

• Act as Super User for the new consolidation system, Tagetik.
• Support the Financial Controller in strengthening financial processes, controls, and efficiencies across the Finance function.
• Perform review checks and approvals of vendor payment runs.
• Review and approve employee payrolls.
• Act as key point of contact for internal and external audits, ensuring information is clear, accurate, and well-presented.

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA).
• Experience in a Finance Manager / senior finance role, ideally withinan engineering or a similar environment.
• Proven experience managing or supervising a team.
• Strong track record of ongoing professional development.
• Experience using SAP or other large-scale accounting systems.

• Excellent organisational skills with strong attention to detail.
• High-quality stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong commercial awareness and analytical capability.
• Advanced literacy, numeracy, and IT skills, including MS Excel and Word.

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Competitive salary
• Profit-related bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance (4x salary)
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Buy & sell annual leave scheme
• Service recognition rewards
• Supported professional development
• Discounted gym membership
• Free on-site parking