Finance Business Partner - North

Finance Business Partner – North

Location: Regional – travel across the North of the UK as required.

About the role

We have a great opportunity for a Finance Business Partner – North to join our regional North & Scotland finance team. In this role, you’ll work closely with senior finance and operational leaders, providing high-quality financial information, insight and challenge to support effective decision-making across the region.

This is a true business partnering role, combining strong financial control with operational and commercial insight. You’ll also play a key part in month-end reporting, budgets and forecasts, capital investment analysis and performance review, helping the business understand what the numbers really mean and how they translate into action.

What you’ll be doing

As Finance Business Partner – North, you’ll:

Deliver meaningful analysis that links financial performance to operational and commercial drivers
Support CAPEX planning, including investment appraisals, authorisations, forecasting and post-investment reviews
Carry out value chain and contract margin analysis to build a full end‑to‑end understanding of profitability
Partner with Commercial, Operations and senior leadership teams to support financial decision-making
Play a key role in the month-end close process, ensuring completeness and integrity of regional results
Contribute to the full business planning cycle, including annual budgets and monthly forecasts, providing insight and constructive challenge
Review regional trading performance, KPIs and variances, identifying risks, opportunities and trends
Help track delivery of excellence programme benefits and capital investment outcomes
Ensure strong governance, controls and compliance with company accounting policies, including support with the production of accurate, timely and SOx-compliant management information for the regional leadership team
Build trusted relationships across finance and the wider business, acting as an impartial, values‑driven voice when it matters
Support ad‑hoc head office and regional projects as requiredWhat we’re looking for

We’re looking for a proactive, commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working in a fast‑paced, matrix environment with autonomy to lead on key initiatives. The successful candidate will bring a strong business partnership mindset to our Aggregates, Asphalt and Ready-mix operations and commercial teams, challenging the status quo and delivering value-add insights that support our continuous performance improvement mindset.

You’ll ideally have:

A strong finance background with solid technical capability
Part‑qualified or qualified accountant status (or equivalent experience)
Experience of management reporting, forecasting and performance analysis
The confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders
Strong organisational, communication and relationship‑building skills
An open mindset with a passion for continuous improvement
Good systems skills; SAP / BW experience would be an advantage Why Tarmac

We don't just offer a job, we offer a career.

Alongside this role, you'll have access to industry-leading rewards, development opportunities, and a culture that puts people first, including:

Bonus scheme
Enhanced holiday entitlement
Contributory pension scheme
Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
Access to join our Employee Communities (employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+, Parents & carers, Ability, Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
Training and development opportunitiesTarmac is committed to being a Forces‑friendly employer.If you’re coming from a military background, we’ll support your transition and help you build a successful career with us.

We’re proud to be part of CRH, and even prouder to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for everyone.If you need any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know, we’re here to support you.

Ready to build your future?

Click ‘Apply’ to get started. Please note: we sometimes close roles early due to high interest, so don’t wait too long!

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