A fast-growing manufacturer with an international footprint is hiring a Finance Business Partner to support its Europe operations. One thing to be upfront about: this is not a classic commercial finance seat. The centre of gravity here is operations controlling – e,g. how the business runs, where processes leak cost or risk, and how to fix them.
 
The scope spans two distinct markets. For Europe, where the group's R&D is based, the focus is cost control: partnering R&D and operations teams on spend discipline, cost transparency, and KPI reporting. For the UK operations, the role oversees entity-level processes and supports commercial aspects - keeping the operating rhythm, controls, and reporting of the entity running well while supporting the local commercial agenda. Across both, you will conduct monthly performance and variance analysis, assess control frameworks, identify gaps across operational, financial and regulatory risk areas, and drive the resulting actio...