Finance Business Partner (Manufacturing)

• Merseyside (Hybrid)
• £60k - £70K + Benefits
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Do you enjoy partnering with factory teams, challenging the numbers, and driving improvements that actually make a difference?If so - this one's for you.The RoleWe're recruiting on behalf of a multisite organisation seeking a high-impact Finance Business Partner/ Manufacturing Accountant to support its operational and manufacturing teams. This is a hands-on role where you'll sit at the heart of performance, applying real commercial thinking to real-world operations.What You'll Be Doing

• Owning the monthly management accounts for allocated operational areas.
• Producing accruals, prepayments, provisions and key month-end journals.
• Delivering variance analysis with clear, actionable insight for non-finance managers.
• Partnering with operations to challenge spend, identify efficiencies, and support performance.
• Reviewing and reporting on overhead cost centres.
• Supporting capital projects, including asset creation, monitoring, and depreciation.
• Ensuring accurate balance sheet reconciliations and adherence to internal controls.
• Helping shape budgets and forecasts across operational teams.
• Driving process improvement, speeding up reporting cycles and enhancing data quality.
• Qualified (CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent).
• Manufacturing experience essential.
• Strong analytical skills and advanced Excel.
• Confident working with large data sets and operational stakeholders.
• Comfortable getting out from behind the desk and into the business.
• Proactive, energetic, and resilient - able to influence at all levels.
• Interested? If you're a manufacturing accountant who wants to step beyond reporting and become a true Finance Business Partner, we'd love to hear from you. This role has scope to grow in to Financial Controller quickly.

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