Job Description

Are you a commercially minded finance leader ready to drive performance and shape strategic decisions? Hendy Group has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Business Partner to join our Head Office team in Eastleigh.
The Opportunity:
The Senior Finance Business Partner provides financial leadership and oversight across assigned sites and regions. You will be responsible for reviewing outputs from Finance Business Partners, ensuring accuracy, consistency and actionable insights are delivered to operational leadership and senior management.
You will play a key part in influencing performance by identifying risks and opportunities, driving improvement in financial reporting, and supporting strategic decision-making.
Role responsibilities will include:

• Lead, manage, and develop a team of Finance Business Partners, ensuring delivery of accurate and meaningful financial outputs.
• Review and challenge financial results, ensuring risks and opportunities are identified, communicated, and escalated appropriately.
• Provide clear financial insight to support business performance discussions and decision-making.
• Ensure budgeting, forecasting, and reforecasting are produced accurately, consistently, and on time.
• Oversee the preparation and review of manufacturer composite reports, ensuring data integrity and timeliness.
• Review and oversee balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring integrity, accuracy, and compliance with accounting standards

The Rewards:
As well as a competitive salary and performance related bonus, we offer a structured career with the opportunity for personal development and training within our rewarding environment. In addition, you can expect the following benefits:

• Bespoke induction and learning programme and comprehensive ongoing training throughout your career;
• Enhanced family leave benefit;
• Life Insurance;
• Bupa Healthcare Cash Plan for you and your family;
• Opportunity to join the company pension scheme;
• 23 days holiday (plus bank holidays), increasing with length of service;
• Discounts on new vehicle, used vehicle, service and parts purchases; and
• Various perks and discounts with high street and online retailers and services.

About You:

• Proven track record in financial business partnering, commercial finance, or management accounting.
• Previous experience managing and developing finance teams.
• Accounting qualification (ACCA or CIMA) or educated to degree level (2:1 or above) or QBE with significant relevant experience.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a proactive, insight-driven mindset.
• Able to communicate complex financial information clearly to a non-finance audience.
• Experienced in working within a fast-paced, commercially driven environment - automotive or similar multi-site experience is a plus.
• Confident using Excel and financial systems to deliver actionable reporting.

The Company:
Hendy Group is a family-run business with over 80 sites along the South Coast. At Hendy, we aim to deliver a premium experience as we have done for 165 years, all in an effort to achieve our vision of delivering 100% customer and colleague satisfaction; our forward-thinking, progressive outlook perfectly complements our values with honesty, quality, care and customer service at the heart of the company, as they have been since 1859.

Skills Required