Management Accountant / Finance Business Partner | Bury | Full-time | to £50K + Study (DOE)

Looking for more than just a “month-end” role? We’re working with a highly successful and growing business that’s evolving its finance function – and this role is a standout opportunity for someone who wants to step into a true Finance Business Partnering position while still retaining a solid grounding in management accounts.

The Opportunity

This is a newly created role, combining core management accounting with a strong and growing focus on analysis and business partnering.

Where You’ll Add Value:

• Partner with operational teams and improve visibility across key cost areas
• Help define and track meaningful KPIs across the business
• Provide insight, challenge and commercial support to managers
• Identify inefficiencies and “sniff out” issues through data and analysis
• Support an upcoming ERP transformation project 

Core Responsibilities: 

• Monthly management accounts, accruals, prepayments and reconciliations
• Budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
• Financial modelling and ad hoc analysis
• Supporting audit and maintaining financial accuracy
• Continuous process and system improvements

About You

• Part-qualified (actively studying) OR fully qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA)
• Experience in management accounts with a desire to move further into analysis / FBP
• Naturally inquisitive, logical and numerate – someone who questions and challenges
• Strong Excel skills and confidence working with data
• Comfortable engaging with stakeholders and influencing decisions

Why This Role?

• Genuine opportunity to step into Finance Business Partnering
• High-impact role with lots of exposure across the business
• Backed by a strong, supportive CFO

Package & Benefits

• £40,000 – £50,000 (depending on experience)
• Study support available 
• 25 days holiday
• Pension scheme
• Office-based

Interested?

• If you’re looking for a role where you can move beyond reporting and genuinely influence a business, this is a fantastic next step. 
• The business has only recently begun its finance business partnering journey, so there’s a real opportunity to add value, shape processes, and influence decision-making.

Apply now or get in touch for a confidential chat.