Associate Finance Business Partner

  • Robert Walters
  • Manchester, Lancashire
  • Aug 21, 2026
Contractor Banking

Job Description

Associate Finance Business Partner

12month FTC Up to £60,000

An exciting opportunity has arisen for finance business partner to join a fast-paced, commercially focused organisation within its growing global ecommerce and marketplace division.

Reporting into the Head of Finance, you will act as a key finance partner to stakeholders across Ecommerce, Technology, Marketing, Product and Growth, providing financial insight, challenge and recommendations to support business performance.

Key Responsibilities
  • Partner with senior stakeholders across multiple commercial functions.
  • Deliver accurate and insightful management reporting and analysis.
  • Support month-end, year-end, budgeting and reforecasting.
  • Lead financial planning and challenge assumptions, risks and opportunities.
  • Manage and analyse operating costs and CAPEX.
  • Produce financial models and ad-hoc commercial analysis.
  • Support business cases, investment appraisals and contract decisions.
  • Drive strong cost control and financial governance.
  • Translate complex financial data into clear, actionable commercial insight.
  • Identify opportunities to automate and improve reporting and finance processes.
The Ideal Candidate
  • ACA, ACCA or CIMA
  • Minimum three years' accounting experience.
  • Strong management accounting, financial reporting and analytical background.
  • Commercial finance/business partnering exposure highly desirable.
  • Excellent Excel skills.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
  • Financial modelling experience advantageous.
  • SAP and/or Power BI exposure would be beneficial.
  • Commercially minded, proactive and comfortable challenging stakeholders.

This would particularly suit someone with a strong management accounting foundation who wants to build their career within commercial finance and business partnering, gaining exposure to senior stakeholders in a growing, internationally focused business.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates