Finance Business Partner

Senior Finance Business Partner

Greater Manchester | Hybrid | Permanent

£65,000 - £70,000

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Business Partner Team Leader to join a growing, people-focused organisation at an important stage of its development. Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will lead a small team of Business Partners while remaining closely involved in the delivery of high-quality financial reporting, analysis and business support.

This is a varied, hands-on leadership role where you will combine strong technical finance skills with people management, commercial insight and a practical approach to problem-solving. You will play a key part in improving reporting, strengthening controls and supporting decision-making across the business.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Lead, coach and develop a team of three Business Partners, providing clear direction, regular support and constructive feedback.
• Coordinate team workloads, deadlines and holiday cover to ensure accurate and timely delivery across all finance activities.
• Take ownership of monthly management accounts, KPI reporting and detailed variance analysis, providing meaningful insight to senior stakeholders.
• Support the budgeting and forecasting cycle, helping to build robust models and challenge assumptions where needed.
• Prepare and review extended trial balances, corporation tax schedules and audit-ready information, working closely with external advisers.
• Oversee key controls, including ledger close, balance-sheet reconciliations, VAT and other statutory reporting.
• Lead the preparation and review of member invoicing, including onboarding, leaver processing and associated calculations.
• Investigate discrepancies and work collaboratively with operational teams to resolve underlying issues and improve processes.
• Identify opportunities to streamline reporting and enhance the use of systems, data and Excel-based analysis.
• Provide hands-on cover and support to the Business Partner team during busy periods.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA or ICAEW), or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience in a management accounting, finance business partnering or similar role.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including month-end close, reconciliations, controls and statutory reporting.
• Experience producing management accounts, budgets, forecasts and detailed variance analysis.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to interrogate large datasets and explain the “why” behind the numbers.
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with ERP systems.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience, with a collaborative and supportive management style.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage confidently with both finance and non-finance colleagues.
• A proactive, detail-focused approach, with the resilience and initiative to own issues through to resolution.

What’s on Offer

• Competitive salary - £65K - £70K
• Hybrid working
• Opportunity to lead and shape a finance team within a supportive, collaborative environment.

If you are a hands-on finance professional who enjoys leading a team, solving problems and turning financial data into meaningful insight, we would love to hear from you.

Applications are now open via Platinum Recruitment. For more information, contact Rob at Platinum rob@platinumrecruits.co.uk