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STARK UK is a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, and we are looking for a highly motivated and commercially astute Senior Finance Business Partner – Central Functions to join our finance team based in Coventry. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance and working closely with our Senior Analyst, you’ll act as a trusted strategic partner to several key central functions: IT | Property | Marketing | HR | Supply Chain | Finance | Legal You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping financial strategy, driving efficiencies, and influencing decisions across the business. This is a unique opportunity to partner with senior leaders, challenge thinking, and help steer STARK UK toward sustainable growth. What You’ll Be Doing Decision Support: Generate insightful reporting and financial analysis to support strategic decision-making, and ultimately support the profitable growth of the business. Business Partnering: Contribute to the achievement of the business objectives by providing advice and guidance on financial strategy; focussing on identifying and driving efficiencies and ensuring they improve the bottom line. Strategic Finance Leadership: Support the implementation, delivery and on-going tracking of key strategic initiatives. Performance Management & Analysis: Conduct variance analysis to identify and address discrepancies between planned and actual financial performance. Financial Planning & Analysis: Manage the financial planning process and own the production of the budget and re-forecasts for the relevant functional cost bases. P&L Stewardship: Manage the ”Centre” P&L, working closely with the Management Accounts team to understand the total gross cost base, and govern the way it is recharged to the brands to ensure all costs are understood and owned. Reporting: Create a robust process for cost centre reporting by function/ Exec Member, generating actionable insights. What We’re Looking For Proven Experience in a similar role ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent accounting qualification. Proven track record of driving cost-efficiencies. Proficient in financial modeling, but able to summarise the big picture simply and clearly. Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a keen eye for detail. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build trust and collaborate effectively. A clear presenter of data, and confident dealing directly with senior stakeholders. What’s in it for you? Competitive Base salary Company Car Discretionary bonus Retirement savings plan Life assurance Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare and more. Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support WorkPerks – A platform home to hundreds of all your favourite high street and online discounts via the provider Reward Gateway Why Choose Us? Quality - We’re unwavering in our commitment to providing outstanding products and service that exceed our customers’ expectations. Supportive Environment - Join a culture that prioritises your growth, with the resources and support you need to excel. We listen and learn – we know we haven’t always got all the answers – listening and learning with you is what helps provide the best service to our customers. Professional Development - We are invested in your success! Can we add this instead? You have a real chance to progress- the only limits are your own Explore our apprenticeships, training, and mentoring programs designed to elevate your career. Great Benefits - Enjoy a compelling package that includes a competitive salary, bonuses, pension schemes, and life assurance, among many other perks! Work-Life Balance - We value your well-being and offer flexible working hours and a hybrid working model to help you find your ideal rhythm What's Next If your application is successful, our Talent team will reach out to arrange an interview and answer any questions you may have. We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments to ensure you can perform at your best throughout the application and interview process. #SBMUK STARK Building Materials UK comprises 14 brands, including one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants Jewson, along with JP Corry and Normans, specialist brands Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer, as well as major timber importer and distributor, International Timber. With over 600 dedicated builders merchant branches and distribution centres, this makes us one of the UK’s largest retailers and distributors of building and construction materials. However, more importantly, our dedicated team and the high-quality products we offer make us trusted, expert partners to the industry. Together, we give our customers hassle-free access to the market-leading, sustainable solutions they need to build responsibly for the future. If you’d like to build that future with us, check out our careers page or get in touch. Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match. At STARK Building Materials UK, we are known for our building distribution, but in reality, it is our colleagues that drive our business forward. All around the UK, in our branches, warehouses and offices, our team give everything to make building better for our customers. We value our customers, the communities we work in and the colleagues in our team, who collectively build our business to ever greater heights every day. We strive to create a workplace where all colleagues feel safe and empowered to do their best and are comfortable to bring their true selves to work every day. We are proud that we offer all our colleagues a great place to work.