Finance Manager – Manufacturing
A leading UK manufacturing business with multiple sites is looking to appoint a Finance Manager to lead finance across two major operations. This is a senior, highly visible role for a commercially minded finance leader who enjoys being embedded in operations and influencing performance on the ground.
Salary: £70,000 to £75,000 + car allowance, Bonus, 10% pension
Contract: Permanent | Full-time
Responsibilities
- Leading operational financial planning, including modelling and performance forecasting
- Partnering with manufacturing and engineering leaders to drive productivity, efficiency and cost control
- Reviewing and challenging capital investment proposals and business cases
- Owning month end for the sites, ensuring strong controls
- Coordinating site forecasts, budgets and annual operating plans
- Delivering performance insight
- Driving high standards of reporting across labour, materials and operational metrics
- Acting as the senior point of escalation for all on-site finance matters
- Playing a key role in developing talent and embedding a high-performance culture
- Leading and developing a mixed team of qualified and part-qualified finance professionals
What you’ll bring to the Finance Manager role
- Fully qualified ACA, ACCA, CIMA
- Experience operating in a manufacturing, operations‑led or project‑driven environment
- Strong commercial instinct with the confidence to challenge at a senior level
- Demonstrated leadership capability with a coaching and development mindset
- Comfortable operating through change and ambiguity
- Able to translate complex financial issues into practical, commercial conversations
- Strong stakeholder management skills across both finance and non‑finance functions
Benefits
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Finance
