Finance Business Partner

Walsall
9 months ago
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Are you a newly qualified ACA accountant ready to step out of practice into a truly commercial role? Want to be part of a finance team where you'll drive real change, not just report numbers? Looking for a role where your ambition, energy and ideas won't just be welcomed - they'll be essential?

If you're nodding along, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

We're working with a well-established, stable business in Walsall to recruit a Finance Business Partner - a role designed for a smart, self-starting ACA-qualified accountant from a ideally from a top-tier practice background. You'll be hands-on with income, customer billing, and commercial partnering from day one, with a direct line to succession planning and future team leadership. It's a truly autonomous role where your ideas and improvements will be noticed - fast.

This role comes with an annual salary of up to £60,000.00.

Key Responsibilities:

Support month-end and management accounts, bringing structure and rigour to the reporting side.
Drive improvements in how income is managed, reported and controlled. You'll help reduce month-end close times and sharpen insight delivery.
Work across retail operations to link performance back to finance, supporting senior leadership decisions.
Step into an environment ready for transformation - embedding better processes, challenging the status quo, and making sure finance leads, not follows.
Focus on delivering key financial outcomes, quickly building credibility through strong performance and insight.
Help to develop and motivate a growing team.
Get under the skin of the business, challenge assumptions, and ensure every pound of income is understood and secured.Candidate Experience, Skills and Attributes:

ACA qualified - ideally a first time mover from practice.
Strong technical accounting skills.
Highly analytical with strong Excel skills (macros, handling large data volumes - SQL knowledge a bonus!).
Commercially sharp with excellent stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills.
A self-starter ready to take ownership, solve problems, and drive meaningful improvements.
Excited to work in a finance team that's rebuilding, modernising, and looking to the future.Benefits Include:

Annual salary up to £60,000.
Hybrid working: 3 days in the office, 2 from home.
Flexible hours.
Enhanced benefits.
Opportunity for progression and team management.This is a rare chance to own a truly commercial finance partnering role, build towards leadership, and be a key part of a business at a pivotal moment of change.

If you're ready to make an impact, we want to hear from you.

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