Finance Manager
West Midlands | Manufacturing Environment
Are you a hands-on Finance Manager who thrives in a manufacturing setting and enjoys improving systems as much as producing numbers?
We're recruiting for a Finance Manager to support a West Midlands-based manufacturing site within an international packaging group. This is a broad, commercially focused role where you'll play a key part in strengthening financial control while supporting a major IT and systems transformation.
This opportunity would suit someone who enjoys working in an evolving environment and wants to shape both finance processes and business systems during a period of change.
The Role
Financial Management & Reporting
Manage site-level finance operations including ledgers, month-end journals and management accounts
Prepare monthly reporting and trial balances for Group submission
Produce accurate accruals, prepayments and cost allocations
Reconcile balance sheet accounts including fixed assets
Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
Systems Implementation & Data Integrity
Support implementation of new business and finance systems (including Sage 200)
Map product and transactional data into new systems
Audit and align product codes, BOMs and sales invoice data
Support data migration and integration of operational and finance processes
Work closely with internal and external project teams
Commercial & Operational Support
Partner with operations to understand production flows and cost drivers
Strengthen receipting and purchase order matching processes
Provide commercially relevant insight to site leadership
Improve costing accuracy across production processes
What We're Looking For
Essential
Qualified by experience or part-qualified (ACCA/CIMA)
Experience in a manufacturing environment
Strong knowledge of BOM and production costing
Experience producing management accounts
Comfortable working with legacy systems and improving processes
Intermediate Excel skills
Desirable
Experience supporting system changeovers or ERP implementation
Sage 200 exposure
Project or change management experience
Why Apply?
High-impact role during a major systems transformation
Broad exposure across finance and operations
Opportunity to shape processes and build a future team
Manufacturing environment with ESG-driven commitments