Job Description
Financial Controller – Hull – Up to £65,000 & £8200 Car Allowance & Bonus We are excited to be partnering with a fast-growing, successful manufacturing SME business in East Yorkshire to recruit a Financial Controller. This is a fantastic opportunity for an ambitious finance professional who wants to play a key role in driving performance and influencing strategic decisions within a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation. As an employee-owned business, the company prides itself on a collaborative culture where people are empowered to contribute ideas, challenge thinking, and share in the success they help create. With continued growth and investment, the business is now looking to strengthen its finance function with a commercially focused leader who can turn insight into action.The Role Reporting directly to the Finance Director, the Financial Controller will work closely with senior leaders and operational teams across the business. You will transform operational and financial data into clear insight that supports better decisions, improves efficiency, and drives profitability. This is a highly visible role where finance is embedded in the business — not just reporting numbers, but actively shaping performance.Key responsibilities include:
* Partner with operational and commercial leaders to provide financial insight that drives business performance
* Analyse key manufacturing cost drivers including scrap, cycle time, downtime, material usage and energy consumption
* Translate complex data into clear, actionable insight that non-finance teams can understand and act on
* Model the financial impact of operational improvements and investment decisions
* Support pricing, tenders and customer profitability analysis
* Develop rolling forecasts and scenario models to support strategic planning
* Attend operational meetings to provide financial clarity and guide decision making
* Lead and develop a small finance team, building capability and commercial awareness
* Ensure robust financial governance including management accounts, costing accuracy and financial controls
About You We are looking for a commercially curious and proactive finance professional who enjoys understanding how a business really works and influencing decisions through insight.
* Be ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified
* Have experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment
* Possess strong commercial acumen and an understanding of operational cost drivers
* Enjoy working closely with operational teams and building strong relationships across the business
* Be confident communicating financial information to both shop-floor teams and senior leadership
* Have experience managing or developing finance team members
* Be highly analytical with strong modelling and Excel skills (Power BI experience desirable)
Why Join? This is a genuinely exciting opportunity to join a growing, ambitious business where finance plays a central role in operational and commercial decision-making.
* Company car / allowance and bonus plus matched pension contributions, BUPA healthcare and wellbeing packages
* Work closely with senior leadership and influence key decisions
* Drive improvements that directly impact profitability and performance
* Be part of an employee-owned organisation with a strong culture of shared success
* Join a business with clear growth ambitions and investment in its future
If you are looking for a role where you can combine financial expertise with commercial insight and operational involvement, we would love to hear from you. If you are interested in this great Financial Controller role, please apply now. Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in Finance, Supply Chain, HR and IT recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire and Lincolnshire marketplaces.