WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING?
Financial Analysis: Analyse actuals against budgets and forecasts, investigate variances and identify financial risks and opportunities.
Commercial Insight: Translate complex financial and operational data into clear, actionable recommendations that support business-critical decisions.
Cost Optimisation: Support costing activities and spend-to-save initiatives, identifying opportunities to reduce costs, improve efficiency and maximise value.
Inventory & Manufacturing Insight: Improve visibility of inventory, stock lifing, obsolescence and Bills of Materials (BoM), highlighting financial risks and opportunities.
Reporting & Systems Improvement: Enhance reporting processes, support ERP optimisation and improve the accuracy, consistency and integrity of financial data.
Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with Finance, Operations, IT and engineering teams to strengthen financial control, improve data quality and drive continuous improvement.
WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
- Relevant Industry Experience: A background in automotive manufacturing, engineering or a complex manufacturing environment.
- Financial Acumen: A solid understanding of budgeting, forecasting, project costing and financial processes, including the relationship between operational transactions and financial reporting.
- Advanced Excel Skills: Confidence working with complex datasets, pivot tables and financial analysis.
- ERP Expertise: Experience with systems such as IFS or Epicor.
- Analytical Capability: The ability to interpret complex data, identify trends and translate findings into meaningful commercial insights.
- A Proactive Mindset: Someone who takes ownership, challenges assumptions and identifies opportunities to improve processes and performance.
- Strong Communication Skills: The ability to build effective relationships across Finance, Operations and technical teams.
- Experience with Power BI would be advantageous.
Location: Northamptonshire
Day Rate: £280–£330 per day (Umbrella)
Contract Length: Initial minimum 3 months
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Start Date: Immediate
WHY CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY?
You'll have the chance to join a technically advanced, performance-driven manufacturing environment where your financial analysis will directly support operational efficiency, cost management and informed business decisions.
If you enjoy working at the intersection of finance, data and engineering - and want to contribute to meaningful improvements in a demanding, high-performance setting - this could be an excellent next opportunity.