Finance Manager
Job Reference: 010526/cj2
Location: Canterbury, Kent
Salary: Negotiable (Dependent on experience)
Job Type: Full time/Permanent
We are seeking an experienced Finance Manager with manufacturing industry experience to lead financial operations, drive performance improvements and support strategic decision‑making. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on finance professional to take ownership of finance processes within a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.
Key responsibilities
- Lead month‑end and year‑end close activities, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting and statutory compliance
- Prepare management accounts, budgets, forecasts and long‑range financial models
- Own manufacturing cost accounting, production costing, standard costing, inventory valuation and variance analysis
- Provide commercial business partnering to operations, supply chain and production teams to improve margin and operational efficiency
- Manage cash flow forecasting, working capital optimisation and capital expenditure planning
- Oversee audit, tax and regulatory processes in conjunction with external advisors
- Implement and optimise finance processes, controls and ERP‑related finance functionality (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics or similar)
- Produce KPI reporting and present financial performance to senior management
Skills and experience required
- Proven experience as a Finance Manager or senior finance role within the manufacturing industry (essential)
- Strong technical skills in cost accounting, inventory management and production costing
- Hands‑on experience with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills; experience with BI tools an advantage
- Solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, cash management and statutory reporting
- Experience leading month‑end and year‑end close, and supporting external audits
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to translate financial data into actionable insight for non‑finance audiences
- Experience managing and developing finance teams
- Professional accounting qualification (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent) or relevant degree preferred
Contact us:
- Email: info@hrgo.co.uk
- Call: 01233 722 401
