Finance Business Partner
Salary: £50000 - £55000
Location: Sunderland
KCR Solutions are pleased to be supporting a dynamic and expanding organisation in the recruitment of a Finance Business Partner. This is an excellent opportunity for a qualified accountant who enjoys working closely with operational teams and influencing commercial performance.
Working alongside the Finance Director, you will play a key role in strengthening financial insight across the business. The position takes ownership of performance analysis, forecasting, and project-level financial support, ensuring decision-makers have clear and reliable information.
Key Responsibilities
- Reviewing monthly financial information produced by the central team and providing clear analysis and recommendations.
- Supporting the Finance Director with actions arising from monthly results and balance sheet reviews.
- Producing monthly overhead forecasts, accruals, and prepayment schedules.
- Updating weekly and monthly cashflow projections in partnership with regional teams.
- Preparing build, sales, and project data analysis to identify risks, trends, and opportunities within forecasts.
- Participating in project review meetings to ensure accurate reporting and highlight emerging issues.
- Assisting in the consolidation and interpretation of monthly performance results for senior leadership presentations.
- Preparing project review packs, including commentary, insights, and suggested actions for regional and commercial teams.
- Monitoring work in progress, analysing trends, and ensuring risk items are addressed promptly.
- Supporting the modelling of non-standard or complex commercial arrangements for bids or ongoing projects.
- Helping regions gather required documentation to avoid unrecoverable VAT exposure.
- Contributing to the annual budget and business planning cycle.
- Producing regional reporting and forecasts aligned to business plans and strategic objectives.
About You
- Professionally qualified accountant (e.g., ACA/ACCA/CIMA).
- Comfortable working in a commercially focused environment with multiple stakeholders.
- Proactive, analytical, and confident in driving improvements and challenging existing processes.
What’s on Offer
- Hybrid working
- Company car
- Competitive benefits package and bonus
- An opportunity to work with an innovative, supportive leadership team