Senior Finance Business Partner

Are you looking for new opportunities and currently working within the Finance team of a National or Global Manufacturing company?
Are you passionate about challenging the current state and facilitating continuous improvement?

Here at JELD-WEN Europe, a global organisation that produces and manufacturers Doors and Doorsets, we’re looking for a Senior Finance Business Partner.
This pivotal role will help us to improve the commercial financial budgeting and forecasting process and enable us to provide financial insight and analysis to the business to support the decision-making process and provide accurate business forecasts.

This role will be focused on improving budgeting and forecasting processes ensuring variances such as volume, price, mix, inflation are understood. You will support the wider finance and accounting teams to ensure the standard requirements such as period close, SOX controls, statutory reporting and year end audit are completed, providing high quality reporting and analytics.

You will be able to manage complexity, have financial acumen, supporting the business to make informed decisions and be a strong and effective team player, able to collaborate with others.

We offer hybrid working, a competitive salary, 25 days holiday, 7.5% pension, medicash, salary sacrifice schemes and opportunities to grow and develop your career.

What your impact will be:

• Ensure adherence with all compliance standards (in JW Financial Processes & Procedures, USGAAP and Local GAAP) and always operate with integrity.
• Lead production of the commercial forecasting, variance analysis and communication of the reforecasts to relevant stakeholders.
• Provide direction/insight from data analytics to support challenge on assumptions and rationale behind plans/forecasts, to ensure robust and achievable targets.
• Take ownership of Commercial performance analysis, highlighting trends vs. plan, prior year, and forecast, with reference to future actions to be taken.
• Support the development and scoping of value-add management information, through tools such as PowerBI or Tableau.
• Translate financial and non-financial metrics into actionable plans to support key stakeholders in driving the business forward.

What you'll need to succeed:
 

• Previous experience within Finance, from a Manufacturing/Production business.
• Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) or final stages.

• Advanced excel skills and initiative in building robust financial models.
• Experience in using One Stream / HFM and BI systems (PowerBI / Tableau) advantageous.
• Comfortable working with big data sets and translating results into meaningful analysis and incorporating into forecasts.
• Good relationship management and influencing skills.
• Excellent business acumen and sound financial understanding of what underpins performance along with the ability to communicate numeric and financial information to non-Finance stakeholders.

• Must be fluent in both written and spoken English.

Why join us.

"We are passionate about doors and are one of the world's largest manufacturers in this field. If you want to join us, we provide an international environment, a high level of flexibility, great potential for personal development and the opportunity to work with strong brands".

We act with integrity, invest in people, inspire through innovation, deliver on our promises, and improve every day. We are seeking talented individuals who share this purpose and values and want to excel in their field of expertise. We offer excellent benefits, a collaborative environment in which to apply your talent and a dynamic and growing company, with exceptional career progression opportunities.

About JELD-WEN
 

Founded in 1960, JELD-WEN is one of the world's largest door and window manufacturers, with more than 18,000 employees operating in 15 countries globally. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, JELD-WEN designs, produces, and distributes an extensive range of interior and exterior doors, wood, vinyl and aluminum windows and related products for use in the new construction and repair and remodeling of residential homes and non-residential buildings. 

Our products and services afford us the opportunity to enter peoples' workplaces, homes, and daily lives. With this privilege comes great responsibility to ensure that the products we deliver are reliable and enrich the places and lives that they touch. We bring beauty and security to the spaces that touch our lives.

JELD-WEN is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.
 

Unless explicitly requested or approached by JELD-WEN, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

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