Finance Business Partner - Costings, Commercial & Operations
CV-LibrarySheffield, South YorkshirepermanentPosted: 5 May 2026
Apply NowSewell Wallis is looking to secure a Finance Business Partner (with a costings, commercial, and operations focus) for a fast-growing Manufacturing business in Sheffield.
This South Yorkshire role involves working closely with operational and commercial teams to understand product margins, while analysing and forecasting raw material costs, including foreign exchange impacts and potential hedging needs. It also requires integrating standard costing into product pricing and cost structures, alongside regularly monitoring operational costs against budgets to identify variances and drive performance improvements.
This role isn't just pulling the data together, but requires someone who can digest and communicate the meaning and implications to the SLT, be heavily involved with decision making, managing large budgets, and, in return, will get real insight & experience in the business's commercial and operations functions.
You'll need to have an extensive background in Manufacturing, strong experience with modelling & Excel, and good commercial acumen.
What will you be doing?
Regular analysis and reporting of raw material costs, including forecasting of elementals, foreign exchange and potential hedging requirements
Understanding of the full operational process of the company's product portfolio, incorporating standard costing into product cost and pricing mechanisms
Daily review, analysis and informative reporting of operational costs in line with budget/forecast, including assessment of manufacturing variances such as mix/yield/price/quantity, promoting cost awareness with insight to drive action and improve future performance
Daily review, analysis and reporting of production vs forecast, including assessment of volume/revenue/GCM
Identify operational process inefficiencies and suggest necessary improvements to enhance cost efficiency and business improvement
Strengthen both proactive and reactive operational decision making by providing appropriate challenge to assumptions and proposals, including scenario modelling where necessary
Actively review and drive improvements in KPI metrics
Present cost models and pricing for new opportunitiesWhat skills are we looking for?
ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (will consider QBE)
Advanced level proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Strong financial modelling experience
Desire to continually improve processes
Manufacturing experience
Strong communication skills with both finance and non-finance managersWhat's on offer?
A competitive salary of £65,000
Generous quarterly bonus
Flexible working hours within core hours 7:30am-6pm
Recognition of additional work put in during tight deadlines
Matched pension up to 8%
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Christmas Shutdown
Private healthcare
Free secure parking
Annual salary reviewsSend us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions
This South Yorkshire role involves working closely with operational and commercial teams to understand product margins, while analysing and forecasting raw material costs, including foreign exchange impacts and potential hedging needs. It also requires integrating standard costing into product pricing and cost structures, alongside regularly monitoring operational costs against budgets to identify variances and drive performance improvements.
This role isn't just pulling the data together, but requires someone who can digest and communicate the meaning and implications to the SLT, be heavily involved with decision making, managing large budgets, and, in return, will get real insight & experience in the business's commercial and operations functions.
You'll need to have an extensive background in Manufacturing, strong experience with modelling & Excel, and good commercial acumen.
What will you be doing?
Regular analysis and reporting of raw material costs, including forecasting of elementals, foreign exchange and potential hedging requirements
Understanding of the full operational process of the company's product portfolio, incorporating standard costing into product cost and pricing mechanisms
Daily review, analysis and informative reporting of operational costs in line with budget/forecast, including assessment of manufacturing variances such as mix/yield/price/quantity, promoting cost awareness with insight to drive action and improve future performance
Daily review, analysis and reporting of production vs forecast, including assessment of volume/revenue/GCM
Identify operational process inefficiencies and suggest necessary improvements to enhance cost efficiency and business improvement
Strengthen both proactive and reactive operational decision making by providing appropriate challenge to assumptions and proposals, including scenario modelling where necessary
Actively review and drive improvements in KPI metrics
Present cost models and pricing for new opportunitiesWhat skills are we looking for?
ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified (will consider QBE)
Advanced level proficiency in Microsoft Excel
Strong financial modelling experience
Desire to continually improve processes
Manufacturing experience
Strong communication skills with both finance and non-finance managersWhat's on offer?
A competitive salary of £65,000
Generous quarterly bonus
Flexible working hours within core hours 7:30am-6pm
Recognition of additional work put in during tight deadlines
Matched pension up to 8%
25 days annual leave + bank holidays
Christmas Shutdown
Private healthcare
Free secure parking
Annual salary reviewsSend us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.
To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions