Finance Manager

To provide high level finance support & challenge to Manufacturing costs and performance and delivery of wider company goals / performance.

Client Details

A global FMCG business based in Northampton distributing their products to all major retailers.

Description

• Providing high-quality reporting and insightful analysis to ensure decision makers are equipped to make optimal decisions
• Delivery of accurate budgets and forecasts, highlighting risks & opportunities and mitigating financial risk and exploit opportunities
• Overseeing the preparation of management accounts and financial planning for plant labour and manufacturing costs
• Advising in the operations side of the Integrated Business Planning process ensuring decisions are made based on accurate information (IBP process governs how we manage differences between supply and demand of our products);
  • Cost modelling of plant capacity expansion and consolidation to align with changing sales patterns and changing plant performance
  • Ensuring Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) insight and trends feed into IBP and financial planning
• Proactively challenging stakeholders to ensure financial delivery in line with targets.
• Driving continuous improvement in relation to accuracy and efficiency of processes
• Maintaining levels of compliance across the team, e.g., SOX, internal policies etc.

Profile

Must Have

• Strong analytical, data management, problem-solving and MS Excel skills
• Leadership and people management experience,
• You will have excellent communication skills with the ability to manage stakeholders at all levels of business,
• Obviously excellent attention to detail is a must!
• Be ambitious, resilient and results driven with a continuous improvement mindset,

Preferred Technical / professional qualifications:

• Strong academic background (Ideally degree educated)
• Qualified in a recognised accountancy qualification (CIMA/ACCA etc)

Job Offer

You will be working for a company that provides the kind of stimulating learning environment that generates innovation and professional development. Offering hybrid working and the opportunity to add a global business to your profile.