Global Chemicals & LST Finance Business Partner

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Royston, North Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Automotive • Chemical
The Role
Partners with Global Chemicals and LST leadership to improve financial and operational performance. Leads budgeting, forecasting, performance management, integrated business planning, financial evaluations, and commercial analysis for strategic decisions. Identifies risks and opportunities through data-driven insights, supports cost, revenue, and working capital initiatives, and manages a Finance Business Partner while driving continuous improvement and business transformation.
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At Johnson Matthey, your work will matter. As a Global Chemicals & LST Finance Business Partner, you’ll join a world leader in platinum group metals with over 200 years of history. Using advanced metals chemistry, you’ll help tackle the world’s biggest challenges - cutting emissions, powering modern life and supporting life-saving technologies - by applying, refining and recycling metals that matter for a healthier, more sustainable, circular future.

The role:
As a Global Chemicals & LST Finance Business Partner, you will help drive our goals by:

  • Partnering with the Global Chemicals & LST leadership teams to drive financial and operational performance across the business.

  • Leading forecasting, budgeting and performance management activities, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives and financial targets.

  • Providing insight and challenge on business performance, using data-driven analysis to identify risks, opportunities and improvement actions.

  • Driving integrated business planning processes and supporting decision-making across cost, revenue and working capital initiatives.

  • Delivering robust financial evaluation and commercial insight for capital investment opportunities and strategic business decisions.

  • Leading and developing a Finance Business Partner, creating a high-performing team that supports business growth and continuous improvement.

Key skills that will help you succeed in this role:

  • Professional accounting qualification, or equivalent experience, with significant post-qualification finance experience.

  • Proven experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing strategic and operational decision-making.

  • Strong analytical capability, including experience interpreting complex financial data and presenting clear recommendations to leadership teams.

  • Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, alongside excellent financial planning and forecasting expertise.

  • Demonstrated leadership and people management skills, with experience supporting organisational change and business transformation.

  • Strong communication, commercial awareness and problem-solving skills, with the ability to simplify complex issues for a broad audience.

Even if you only match some of the skills, we’d love to hear from you to discuss further!

What we offer:

We make sure salaries are fair, competitive and aligned to individual roles, experience and responsibilities. We are also supportive of hybrid and flexible working and where applicable, offer life, medical and other benefits that support our employees’ financial and physical wellbeing, such as:

• Competitive retirement savings
• Company matched Share Incentive Plan
• Life Assurance, Income Protection and Critical Illness
• Medical plans/health assessments
• Retailer and Wellbeing discounts
• Competitive annual incentive plan

Ready to make a meaningful impact on your career and the environment? Join us and help shape a sustainable future while advancing your career!

At JM, inclusivity is central to our values. We create an environment where everyone can thrive, embracing diverse perspectives to tackle challenges and ensure all colleagues feel valued and connected.

For any queries or accessibility requirements, please contact [email protected]. We will work with you to make suitable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. All conversations are confidential, and your feedback is welcome to help us provide an accessible and positive recruitment experience.

To submit your application, please click the "Apply" button online.

All applications are carefully considered and your details will be stored on our secure Application Management System. This is used throughout Johnson Matthey for the selection of suitable candidates for our vacancies as they arise. Johnson Matthey respects your privacy and is committed to protecting your personal information.

For more information about how your personal data is used please view our privacy notice:  Johnson Matthey Privacy Notice. By applying for this role and creating an account you are agreeing to the notice.

Johnson Matthey Plc is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief.

Skills Required

  • Professional accounting qualification or equivalent experience
  • Significant post-qualification finance experience
  • Experience partnering with senior stakeholders and influencing strategic and operational decisions
  • Strong analytical capability and experience interpreting complex financial data
  • Experience with ERP systems such as SAP
  • Financial planning and forecasting expertise
  • Leadership and people management experience
  • Experience supporting organizational change and business transformation
  • Strong communication, commercial awareness, and problem-solving skills

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