An exciting role for a Finance Business Partner to join a well established manufacturer on a permanent basis. This is a great opportunity to strengthen the relationship between Ops and finance and work with some great people whilst doing so! Client Details My client are a global manufacturing business who work with a wide variety of customers across all sectors. This role sits within the head office finance team, reporting into a wonderful hiring manager who is transparent and direct but with a great sense of humour that is sure to make you feel comfortable and enjoy working with them. Description As Finance Business Partner, the main focus of your role is to interact with the Operations team (Ops Director, Factory Manager, Maintenance Team) at the Manchester site to look at cost optimisation, educate them on their numbers, and strengthen this relatively young relationship moving forward. The role will also include; Monthly accruals and Balance sheet reconciliationsStock accounting, reporting and supporting analysisFinancial ownership for the PandLBuilding of forecasts, budget and Strategic Plan in conjunction with the local site management teamSupporting the Capital expenditure (Capex) process for the Manchester site including: validating and challenging capital expenditure requests (CERs), tracking CER approvals, capex forecasting and assessing Assets ready for useStandard cost updates and working with the site teams to optimise product costs. Profile To be successful, you