Job Title Assistant Finance Manager Responsible to Head of Finance Location Derby Overall Purpose of the Role Reporting to the Head of Finance, the Assistant Finance Manager will play a highly visible and influential role within the business, acting as a trusted finance partner to the Operations Director and senior operational leaders. This is a true business partnering position - providing robust financial insight, commercial challenge and strategic support to drive operational performance, margin improvement and sustainable growth. The role will proactively translate financial data into meaningful intelligence, supporting decision-making across cost control, efficiency initiatives and revenue-enhancing activities. In addition to operational partnering, the Assistant Finance Manager will contribute to the ongoing development of the Finance function - enhancing the quality and timeliness of management information, improving controls, standardizing processes and driving continuous improvement to ensure finance delivers maximum value to the wider business. This is an opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional to step into a role with genuine influence, visibility and impact. Key Accountabilities PURPOSE: Commercial Support Business Partner key stakeholders (financial and non-financial) ensuring strong commercial and operational decision making, managing financial risks and opportunities Delivering proactive financial analysis with summarised findings to sup