Interim Finance Business Partner

Role: Interim Finance Business Partner
Location: Coventry
Job Type: (3-Month Contract), Full-time
Pay: £450 - £500 Day Rate (Umbrella)

Role Purpose
Morson are partnering exclusively with a major utilities business based in Coventry to appoint an Interim Finance Business Partner on an initial six-month assignment. This role will support the Bioresources division within Customer Operations, a critical area of the business responsible for delivering both commercial and operational performance.

As Interim FBP, you'll play a key role in providing high-quality financial modelling, forecasting, and investigative analysis. Working in a fast-paced and high-volume environment, you will identify cost drivers, challenge performance issues, and deliver insight that enables senior stakeholders to make informed decisions. Alongside this, you'll drive process improvements, cost planning, and efficiency initiatives, ensuring finance remains a true business partner across the division.

• Develop and deliver accurate financial models, forecasts, and cost plans to support decision-making.
• Conduct investigative analysis to identify the root causes of performance issues, providing actionable recommendations.
• Deliver robust cost analysis and support implementation of changes to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
• Support month-end close, variance analysis, and performance reporting across multiple cost centres.
• Engage with and challenge stakeholders constructively, ensuring financial and operational accountability.
• Drive process improvement and continuous improvement within finance and the wider business.
• Provide ad hoc financial modelling, scenario analysis, and insight on risks and opportunities.
• Ensure deadlines are consistently met in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.

• Fully or part-qualified accountant (ACA / CIMA / ACCA) or equivalent finance qualification.
• Strong finance experience in a business partnering role, ideally within a large, complex organisation.
• Proven track record of modelling, forecasting, and financial analysis.
• Experience investigating and resolving business performance issues.
• Ability to provide insight that drives cost control and process improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility quickly.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and financial systems (SAP ECC / BI desirable).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate, interpret and communicate complex issues.
• Excellent organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and deliver to tight deadlines.
• Confident communicator, able to translate complex financial data into clear insight.
• Commercially astute with strong financial judgement.
• Ability to drive collaboration across functions and influence change.

If you're looking to bring your technical accounting expertise into a business with exciting growth ambitions and a supportive, collaborative culture, this could be your ideal next move.
To be considered for this fantastic opportunity, you must APPLY NOW, making sure to attach your up-to-date CV.

*Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for an initial telephone interview. If selected from the shortlist, a formal interview process will then begin.

VAT Number: 732 4476 36

Group Company Number: 5111937