Finance Business Partner / Analyst South Manchester - up to £55,000 DOE My client, an FMCG organisation with a global reach, are seeking an experienced, dynamic and passionate Finance Business Partner / Analyst to join their team. This is a fantastic opportunity for a qualified or nearly-qualified candidate to join an impressive Finance team and really develop their commercial finance career. The Finance Business Partner / Analyst will focus and support the Head Office entities - forming relationships and partnering with members of the Executive Leadership team and senior stakeholders to prepare budget updates as a crucial part of the monthly rolling forecast process. Using budget skills for cost saving and optimisation is key, collaboratively working with budget holders. Key Duties: Drive actuals reporting and monthly rolling forecast

Provide business partnering support to key stakeholders to conduct regular bottom-up reforecast of P&L and balance sheet

Critically analyse forecasts to identify risks and opportunities against the forecast

Month end analysis of accruals and prepayments, with preparation of relevant journals

Support process improvement projects to ensure robust control environment in the corporate centre, and the transformation office to report on the significant projects