Financial Controller
10 days ago
Worcester
About the Business \n Join a well-respected manufacturing company based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5. As the Financial Controller you’ll act as the finance leader for the Worcester site, combining full financial control responsibilities with hands-on plant accounting. The role is a key member of the site leadership team and a true business partner to operations, providing insight, challenge and control to drive site performance. \n Main Duties: \n As a Financial Controller, your main duties include: \n\n • Leading, developing and mentoring the site finance team\n, • Full ownership of the site P&L, balance sheet and cash flow\n, • Management of the finance team and help develop that function\n, • Be a key part of the senior leadership team for the site, supporting directors\n, • Preparation of timely and accurate monthly management accounts, including variance analysis and commentary against budget and forecast\n, • Delivery of group reporting\n, • Leading the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts\n, • Balance sheet integrity, including monthly reconciliations and review\n, • Management of the year-end audit process and liaison with external auditors\n, • Maintaining and strengthening the internal control environment\n, • Cash management, working capital optimisation and capital expenditure appraisal and control\n, • Standard costing: setting, maintaining and reviewing standard costs, labour and overhead recovery rates.\n, • Analysis of manufacturing variances (material usage, labour efficiency, overhead absorption, purchase price variance) with clear actions for operations\n, • Inventory accounting and control, including cycle counting, stock provisions, WIP valuation and physical inventory oversight\n, • Product costing and margin analysis to support pricing, quoting and make/buy decisions\n, • Business partnering with the Site General Manager, Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and productivity improvement\n, • Financial evaluation of capital investment proposals and tracking of returns\n, • Development of site KPIs and performance dashboards linking operational metrics to financial outcomes\n, • Acting as a key finance contact, supporting alignment of policies, reporting, and systems\n, • Driving continuous improvement in finance processes, systems and use of ERP\n, • Providing financial input to the site leadership team on strategy, risk and opportunity\n\n Location / Office / Culture \n Based in Worcester, you’ll join a welcoming finance team in a professional, forward-thinking environment. You’ll take ownership of leading and mentoring your own finance function and become a key part of the senior leadership team. \n What We Are Looking For \n The ideal candidate will have \n Essential \n\n • Fully qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA or CIMA\n, • Proven financial controller or plant/site controller experience within a manufacturing environment\n, • Strong technical grounding in standard costing, inventory accounting and manufacturing variance analysis\n, • Experience producing full monthly management accounts and leading budgeting/forecasting cycles\n, • Hands-on ERP experience and strong Excel/analytical skills\n, • A confident business partner able to challenge and influence operational stakeholders\n, • High integrity with a strong controls mindset\n\n Desirable \n\n • Experience in manufacturing sectors\n, • Experience of business integration, acquisition or finance transformation projects\n, • People management experience with a track record of developing finance teams\n, • Hands-on, pragmatic and comfortable operating from shop floor to boardroom\n, • Resilient and adaptable, particularly through a period of ownership change and integration\n, • Strong communicator able to translate financial data into operational insight\n, • Commercially curious with a continuous improvement mindset\n, • Deadline-driven with high attention to detail\n\n Why Join the business \n\n • A senior, high-visibility finance leadership role\n, • The opportunity to shape the finance function\n, • Career progression and professional development\n, • Competitive salary and benefits package\n\n About Us \n We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly. \n Ref: DT73734