Assistant Finance Business Partner at Rexel SA · Birmingham

Company Description

Are you a commercially focused finance professional ready for your first Finance Business Partner role (or a move into partnering), with a talent for turning data into clear actions?

Do you thrive in stakeholder partnerships that allow you to contribute to driving sales, margin and delivering measurable financial improvements?

Join our talented Commercial Finance team as a Finance Business Partner for the Sales Network and become a vital part of driving our UK Sales performance.

The benefits of a career with Rexel:

• Bonuses: Performance Related Bonus scheme
• **Time Off:**33 days annual leave (including bank holidays, increasing throughout the years too!)
• You can also buy and sell holiday each year
• Enhanced parental leave
• **Support & Development:**Extensive learning opportunities from day one.
• **Health & Wellbeing:**Private Medical Insurance/Free virtual GP service, Healthy Mind Champions, and more!
• Perks: Staff discounts, exclusive holiday offers and free financial support and education

Job Description

As one of the Finance Business Partners for our Sales Network, you’ll be the finance lead for your region’s P&L. You’ll translate financial data into practical insights, influence operational decision‑making, and partner with leadership and supporting teams to deliver sustainable performance improvements.

What you’ll do:

• Act as the primary finance partner to a region within our branch network and its teams, building strong relationships and supporting commercial decisions with clear, timely financial insight.
• Support with budgeting, forecasting and KPI monitoring for the full Network; driving alignment with the UK budget and Group metrics.
• Use data analytics to quickly identify performance trends, risks and opportunities, and communicate findings in a way that drives action.
• Support the Commercial Finance Director in strategy development and delivery across the UK Supply Chain.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives: design, implement and monitor plans that improve productivity and financial outcomes.
• Take on ad‑hoc company‑wide projects and support cross‑functional workstreams as required.
• Participate in regular on‑site visits (at least once a week) to embed partnership with operational teams and promote excellence.

Qualifications

At Rexel, we prioritise hiring individuals based on behaviours and potential, the behaviours that will set you up for success as our Finance Business Partner include:

• COLLABORATION – Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• TAKES ACCOUNTABILTY – Takes action, addresses obstacles to get work done and meets commitments
• CUSTOMER FOCUS– Building strong customer relationships & delivers customer centric solutions
• FINANCIAL ACUMEN- interpreting and applying understanding of key financial indicators to make better business decisions
• **DRIVES RESULTS:**consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances

Ideally you will also benefit from being:

• Full or part of a Financial qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent).
• Strong commercial mindset with previous experience partnering whilst looking to develop this from a financial base.
• Excellent analytical skills and proven ability to convert data into insightful recommendations.
• Confident communicator who can explain complex financial information to non‑financial stakeholders.
• Comfortable working in a fast‑moving environment and supporting change initiatives

Additional Information

At Rexel UK, we’re all about welcoming people from different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives because we know that diversity drives fresh ideas and great results.

By coming together as one team, we’re building a high-performance culture that not only drives success but also creates real value for our customers and communities.

Creating an environment where individuality is celebrated and creativity flourishes, we're making sure everyone feels supported and confident to be their best.