Finance Manager
Posted 1 week ago by Morgan Ryder
£75,000 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
Warrington, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Finance Manager role at a major UK manufacturing site involves leading the finance team and taking ownership of site financial performance. The position requires collaboration with various departments to ensure accurate reporting, insightful analysis, and effective forecasting. The successful candidate will possess strong commercial acumen and analytical skills, with a focus on driving profitability and working capital improvement. This high-visibility leadership role offers significant impact and opportunities for career growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and develop the local finance team
- Own month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
- Deliver robust financial reporting, controls and compliance
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Analyse manufacturing costs, inventory and operational performance
- Drive working capital discipline and intercompany pricing
- Support audit and governance requirements
Key Skills:
- Finance experience, ideally in manufacturing
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
- SAP and advanced Excel preferred
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and improve processes
- Results-driven, detail-oriented and highly organised
Salary (Rate): £75,000.00 yearly
City: Warrington
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
We're looking for a commercially focused, hands-on qualified accountant (CIMA/ACA/ACCA) to lead finance at a major UK manufacturing site. Reporting to the EMEA Financial Controller, you'll take full ownership of site financial performance - partnering with Operations, Supply Chain and Corporate Finance to deliver accurate reporting, insightful analysis, and forward-looking forecasts that drive profitability and working capital improvement.
The Role
- Lead and develop the local finance team
- Own month-end, quarter-end and year-end close
- Deliver robust financial reporting, controls and compliance
- Lead budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Analyse manufacturing costs, inventory and operational performance
- Drive working capital discipline and intercompany pricing
- Support audit and governance requirements
About You
- finance experience, ideally in manufacturing
- Strong commercial acumen and analytical skills
- SAP and advanced Excel preferred
- Proven ability to influence stakeholders and improve processes
- Results-driven, detail-oriented and highly organised
On offer
- Salary to £75,000
- 30 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays
- Buy additional holidays
- Up to 9% Pension contribution
- 5 hour working week.
- Flexible working hours
- Sick pay scheme
- Life Assurance
- Private medical insurance
- Income protection
- Cycle to work scheme
This is a high-visibility leadership role offering real impact, strong business partnering exposure, and genuine career growth.
Interested? To apply for this opportunity please follow the 'apply now' link to send your CV to Emma Brighouse at Morgan Ryder Associates. At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions. We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.
Our commitment: Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.
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