Location
Huntingdon / Peterborough / Lincoln

Hours
Permanent - Full Time (37 hours per week) with flexibility for part time

Salary
Circa £75,555 dependent on skills and experience

About the Role
As Finance Manager for our Bio Resources remit, you will play a pivotal role in driving financial planning, performance, and strategic decision-making across your business area. Operating at the heart of the business, you will support Director and senior leader level stakeholders by delivering high-quality financial insight, robust planning, budgeting and forecasting, and commercial analysis that enables informed decision-making in a complex regulated environment.

Reporting to the Head of Finance, you will lead a team of finance professionals, combining business partnering, financial planning and analysis, and financial controls for your assigned business area. You will be accountable for overseeing the delivery of accurate actuals, forecasts, and budgets. Your work will deliver insight, ensure financial integrity, mitigate risks, identify opportunities, and support the long-term sustainability and operational efficiency of your assigned business area, including embedded delivery routes and alliances.

Key responsibilities
- Lead financial strategy, planning, and budgeting processes to ensure alignment with strategic goals and financial targets.
- Act as a trusted business partner to Director and senior leadership, providing robust financial reporting, analysis, and recommendations.
- Deliver accurate forecasts, budgets, and actuals, and provide financial insights to support monthly reviews with the Executive Board.
- Maintain compliance with financial controls, governance, and statutory/regulatory requirements.
- Drive continuous improvement in planning accuracy, forecasting methodology, and financial reporting.
- Champion a culture of commercial awareness, innovation, and continuous improvement across the Finance function.

Employee Benefits
- Competitive pension scheme with double-matched contributions up to 6%
- Private healthcare
- Annual bonus scheme
- Opportunity to volunteer in your local community
- 26 days holiday plus Bank Holidays, increasing with service, with option to swap Christmas and Easter for religious holidays
- Life cover (8x salary) and personal accident cover (up to 5x salary)
- Flexible benefits to support well-being and lifestyle
- Paid time off for illness, both physical and mental
- Free parking at all office locations, sites, and leisure parks
- Excellent family-friendly policies including 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave and 4 weeks paternity/partner pay, with shared parental leave option

Experience
- Proven track record in leading teams and performance management
- Experience influencing Director-level stakeholders
- Strong background in financial consolidation, planning, forecasting, and reporting including variance and cost analysis
- Ability to deliver high-quality reporting and analysis to support decision-making
- Senior stakeholder and relationship management skills
- Collaborative working across finance and wider business
- Ability to deal with complexity and ambiguity, presenting complex information with clarity

About you
- Strong leadership skills with ability to inspire and support a high-performing team
- Commercial and business acumen with ability to challenge and influence at all levels
- Commitment to health, safety, and wellbeing, championing a 'Safer Every Day' culture
- Role modelling trust, openness, inclusion, and supporting innovation and continuous improvement

Qualifications
- Qualified Finance professional (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent experience