FP&A Business Partner

Hybrid Working – Leeds / Harrogate

Are you a commercially minded finance professional looking to make a real impact in a fast-paced, multi-site environment? We’re partnering with a leading organisation to recruit an FP&A Business Partner as they continue to build a best-in-class Group FP&A and data function.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join at a pivotal time, where you’ll play a key role in shaping performance reporting, delivering meaningful insights, and supporting strategic decision-making across the business.

The Role

As an FP&A Business Partner, you’ll work closely with operational leaders to deliver high quality reporting, analysis, and commercial insight.

Key Responsibilities

Performance Reporting

• Develop and deliver insightful operational and financial reporting
• Produce weekly, monthly, and ad hoc reporting packs, including KPIs, variance analysis, and commentary
• Drive consistency, accuracy, and standardisation across reporting outputs
• Collaborate with BI teams to enhance dashboards and reporting automation

Business Partnering & Insight

• Provide commercial analysis across sales, margins, costs, and productivity
• Identify key trends, risks, and performance drivers to support decision making
• Deliver deep dive analysis into performance issues and improvement opportunities
• Act as a trusted partner to operational stakeholders

Systems & Data

• Extract, analyse, and interpret complex datasets using finance systems and BI tools
• Support the implementation of new reporting solutions and capabilities
• Ensure data accuracy and resolve reporting discrepancies in collaboration with BI teams

Planning & Forecasting

• Support budgeting and reforecasting cycles
• Review assumptions and challenge submissions where appropriate
• Partner with operational finance to align forecasts with actual performance
• Contribute to the ongoing development of FP&A processes and capability

About You

• Experience in FP&A or commercial finance, ideally within retail, FMCG, or multi-site environments
• A full accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link operational performance to financial outcomes
• Advanced Excel skills and confidence working with large datasets
• Experience with BI tools (e.g. Power BI, Tableau)
• Strong analytical mindset with excellent attention to detail
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and challenge stakeholders
• Proactive, inquisitive, and comfortable in a fast-paced, evolving environment
• Exposure to SQL, VBA, or similar tools would be advantageous