Location: Bicester, Oxfordshire
Working pattern: 5 days per week on site
Contract: Interim, Day rate
Sector: Manufacturing
** This position requires 5 days per week in the office. The office is located between Bicester and Banbury. Parking is available **
Our client is a small manufacturing business based in Oxfordshire that is looking to appoint an experienced Interim Finance Director to support the business.
This is a hands on role not only supporting senior leadership whilst also ensuring monthly management account preparation.
You will take ownership of day-to-day finance operations, improve controls, support month-end reporting, and provide clear financial insight to senior leadership.
Key responsibilities
* Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
* Produce management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow reporting and variance analysis
* Strengthen financial controls, processes and reporting disciplines across the business
* Support budgeting, forecasting and working capital management
* Partner with operational and manufacturing teams to improve visibility of cost, margin and performance
* Deliver budgets, forecasts and business planning
* Support inventory, stock, WIP and standard costing processes
* Prepare financial information for senior management, board reporting and external stakeholders
* Lead with audit, tax, compliance and ad hoc finance projects as required
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant, with proven experience in a Financial director role within a manufacturing environment.
Requirements
* Previous experience in a manufacturing
* Qualified Accountant
* Finance Director level and happy to be hands on ( prepare Management Accounts whilst FTE is hired)
* Strong month-end, reporting and financial control experience
* Good understanding of stock, WIP, costings and margin analysis
* Comfortable working in a high-growth, fast-moving SME or mid-market environment
* Strong Excel and systems skills
* Available to work 5 days per week on site in Oxfordshire
* Able to start at short notice or immediately
* Daily rate ( via Umbrella CO) dependent upon experience