Finance Business Partner

Finance Business Partner
Location: North West England (Hybrid Working)
Confidential Opportunity | Exclusive to Atrium Associates

Atrium Associates are delighted to be partnering with a highly successful, private equity-backed business to recruit a commercially focused Finance Business Partner.

This is an outstanding opportunity to join an ambitious organisation experiencing significant growth and transformation. Backed by substantial investment and operating within a fast-paced environment, the business is seeking a talented finance professional who is eager to influence decision-making and drive measurable business performance.

You'll join a forward-thinking finance team where insight, challenge, and continuous improvement are valued as highly as technical excellence.

The Opportunity

This is far more than a traditional finance role.

As Finance Business Partner, you'll work closely with senior leaders and operational stakeholders to help shape business performance through meaningful reporting, KPI development, forecasting, and analysis.

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to influence strategic decisions, improve processes, and enhance reporting capabilities across the organisation.

This position would particularly suit an ambitious ACA-qualified accountant looking to make a genuine commercial impact within a high-growth, private equity-backed environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Business Partnering

• Build strong relationships with operational and commercial stakeholders across the business.
• Act as a trusted advisor, providing insightful financial analysis and recommendations.
• Translate financial data into meaningful business intelligence.
• Support leaders in making informed commercial decisions.

Reporting & KPI Development

• Develop and enhance management reporting frameworks.
• Design and implement meaningful KPIs that drive performance.
• Deliver clear, actionable insight rather than simply reporting numbers.
• Identify trends, risks and opportunities through detailed analysis.

Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting

• Support annual budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Partner with department heads to develop robust financial plans.
• Build scenario models and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
• Provide insightful commentary on business performance and forecast accuracy.
• Process Improvement & Transformation
• Identify opportunities to streamline finance processes.
• Lead projects focused on automation, reporting enhancements and operational efficiencies.
• Improve data quality, reporting accuracy and business visibility.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement across finance.

Data & Analytics

• Work with reporting, analytics and business intelligence tools to improve insight.
• Support the development of scalable and automated reporting solutions.
• Leverage data to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Strategic Support
• Deliver ad hoc analysis for senior stakeholders.
• Support investment decisions, business cases and growth initiatives.
• Contribute to key business projects and strategic planning activities.

About You

We're looking for a commercially minded finance professional who combines strong technical accounting knowledge with excellent analytical and communication skills.

Essential Requirements

• ACA qualified accountant (or equivalent).
• Big 4 training background highly desirable.
• Minimum 1 year's post-qualified experience, ideally 2+ years.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication abilities.
• Ability to present financial information clearly to both finance and non-finance audiences.
• Continuous improvement mindset with a desire to challenge and improve existing processes.
• Self-motivated, proactive and capable of working autonomously.
• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Comfortable operating within a fast-paced commercial environment.

Desirable Experience

• Previous move from practice into industry.
• Commercial Finance, FP&A or Finance Business Partnering experience.
• Exposure to private equity-backed businesses.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, data warehouses or finance automation tools.
• Experience using NetSuite or similar ERP systems.
• Involvement in transformation, change or growth projects.

What's on Offer?

• Attractive Salary
• Hybrid working.
• Significant exposure to senior leadership teams.
• Opportunity to influence strategic decision-making.
• Ongoing investment in professional development.
• Exposure to data and analytics initiatives.
• High-growth environment offering excellent career progression opportunities.
• Supportive and collaborative culture.
• Opportunity to make a visible impact in a business undergoing exciting expansion.

Why Apply?

This is a rare opportunity to join a highly successful, PE-backed organisation where you'll be encouraged to challenge, influence and improve. The role offers genuine autonomy, significant stakeholder exposure, and the opportunity to help shape the future direction of both the finance function and the wider business.

For finance professionals who enjoy understanding the story behind the numbers and turning insight into action, this represents an excellent next career move.

To find out more about this confidential opportunity, please contact:

Selina Gibbs
Atrium Associates
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