Financial Controller
4 days ago
Worcester
Join a well-respected manufacturing company based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington. As the Financial Controller, you'll take on the finance leadership role for the Worcester site, blending full financial control responsibilities with hands-on plant accounting. This is a key position within the site leadership team, acting as a true business partner to operations by providing insight, challenge and control to help drive site performance. As a Financial Controller, your main duties include: • Leading, developing and mentoring the site finance team, • Taking full ownership of the site's P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, • Overseeing and growing the wider finance function, • Sitting as a key member of the senior leadership team, supporting site directors, • Producing timely, accurate monthly management accounts, complete with variance analysis and commentary against budget and forecast, • Delivering reporting into the wider group, • Running the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts, • Ensuring balance sheet integrity through monthly reconciliations and review, • Managing the year-end audit process and liaising directly with external auditors, • Maintaining and strengthening the internal control environment, • Overseeing cash management, working capital optimisation, and capital expenditure appraisal and control, • Setting, maintaining and reviewing standard costs, along with labour and overhead recovery rates, • Analysing manufacturing variances (material usage, labour efficiency, overhead absorption, purchase price variance) and translating these into clear actions for operations, • Managing inventory accounting and control, including cycle counting, stock provisions, WIP valuation and physical inventory oversight, • Supporting pricing, quoting and make/buy decisions through product costing and margin analysis, • Business partnering with the Site General Manager, Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and productivity improvements, • Financially evaluating capital investment proposals and tracking returns, • Developing site KPIs and performance dashboards that link operational metrics to financial outcomes, • Acting as a key finance contact, helping align policies, reporting and systems, • Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and ERP usage, • Feeding financial input into site leadership discussions on strategy, risk and opportunity Based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington, you'll join a welcoming finance team within a professional, forward-thinking environment. You'll take ownership of leading and mentoring your own finance function, while playing a key role within the senior leadership team. The ideal candidate will have • Fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA or CIMA, • Proven track record as a Financial Controller or plant/site controller within a manufacturing environment, • Strong technical grounding in standard costing, inventory accounting and manufacturing variance analysis, • Experience producing full monthly management accounts and leading budgeting/forecasting cycles, • Hands-on ERP experience alongside strong Excel and analytical skills, • Confidence as a business partner, able to challenge and influence operational stakeholders, • High integrity with a strong controls mindset, • Experience within manufacturing sectors, • Exposure to business integration, acquisition or finance transformation projects, • People management experience with a track record of developing finance teams, • A hands-on, pragmatic approach, comfortable operating from shop floor to boardroom, • Resilience and adaptability, particularly through periods of ownership change and integration, • Strong communication skills, able to translate financial data into operational insight, • Commercial curiosity with a continuous improvement mindset, • Deadline-driven with high attention to detail, • A senior, high-visible finance leadership role, • The opportunity to shape and lead the finance function, • Genuine career progression and professional development, • A comprehensive benefits package Ref: DT73734 #J-18808-Ljbffr