Financial Controller
hace 3 días
Worcester
About the Business \n 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. \n Main Duties: \n As a Financial Controller, your main duties include: \n\n • Leading, developing and mentoring the site finance team\n, • Taking full ownership of the site’s P&L, balance sheet and cash flow\n, • Overseeing and growing the wider finance function\n, • Sitting as a key member of the senior leadership team, supporting site directors\n, • Producing timely, accurate monthly management accounts, complete with variance analysis and commentary against budget and forecast\n, • Delivering reporting into the wider group\n, • Running the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts\n, • Ensuring balance sheet integrity through monthly reconciliations and review\n, • Managing the year-end audit process and liaising directly with external auditors\n, • Maintaining and strengthening the internal control environment\n, • Overseeing cash management, working capital optimisation, and capital expenditure appraisal and control\n, • Setting, maintaining and reviewing standard costs, along with labour and overhead recovery rates\n, • Analysing manufacturing variances (material usage, labour efficiency, overhead absorption, purchase price variance) and translating these into clear actions for operations\n, • Managing inventory accounting and control, including cycle counting, stock provisions, WIP valuation and physical inventory oversight\n, • Supporting pricing, quoting and make/buy decisions through product costing and margin analysis\n, • Business partnering with the Site General Manager, Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and productivity improvements\n, • Financially evaluating capital investment proposals and tracking returns\n, • Developing site KPIs and performance dashboards that link operational metrics to financial outcomes\n, • Acting as a key finance contact, helping align policies, reporting and systems\n, • Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and ERP usage\n, • Feeding financial input into site leadership discussions on strategy, risk and opportunity\n\n Location / Office / Culture \n 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. \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 track record as a Financial Controller or plant/site controller 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 alongside strong Excel and analytical skills\n, • Confidence as a business partner, able to challenge and influence operational stakeholders\n, • High integrity with a strong controls mindset\n\n Desirable \n\n • Experience within manufacturing sectors\n, • Exposure to business integration, acquisition or finance transformation projects\n, • People management experience with a track record of developing finance teams\n, • A hands-on, pragmatic approach, comfortable operating from shop floor to boardroom\n, • Resilience and adaptability, particularly through periods of ownership change and integration\n, • Strong communication skills, able to translate financial data into operational insight\n, • Commercial curiosity 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 and lead the finance function\n, • Genuine career progression and professional development\n, • A comprehensive 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