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Role: Financial Controller
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
Location: Worcester (Hybrid)
About the Business
Join a well-respected manufacturing company based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington. As the Financial Controller, you’ll take on the finance leadership role for the Worcester site, blending full financial control responsibilities with hands-on plant accounting. This is a key position within the site leadership team, acting as a true business partner to operations by providing insight, challenge, and control to help drive site performance.
Main Duties:
As a Financial Controller, your main duties include:
- Leading, developing, and mentoring the site finance team
- Taking full ownership of the site’s P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow
- Overseeing and growing the wider finance function
- Sitting as a key member of the senior leadership team, supporting site directors
- Producing timely, accurate monthly management accounts, complete with variance analysis and commentary against budget and forecast
- Delivering reporting into the wider group
- Running the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts
- Ensuring balance sheet integrity through monthly reconciliations and review
- Managing the year-end audit process and liaising directly with external auditors
- Maintaining and strengthening the internal control environment
- Overseeing cash management, working capital optimization, and capital expenditure appraisal and control
- Setting, maintaining, and reviewing standard costs, along with labour and overhead recovery rates
- Analyzing manufacturing variances (material usage, labour efficiency, overhead absorption, purchase price variance) and translating these into clear actions for operations
- Managing inventory accounting and control, including cycle counting, stock provisions, WIP valuation, and physical inventory oversight
- Supporting pricing, quoting, and make/buy decisions through product costing and margin analysis
- Business partnering with the Site General Manager, Operations, Engineering, and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and productivity improvements
- Financially evaluating capital investment proposals and tracking returns
- Developing site KPIs and performance dashboards that link operational metrics to financial outcomes
- Acting as a key finance contact, helping align policies, reporting, and systems
- Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems, and ERP usage
- Feeding financial input into site leadership discussions on strategy, risk, and opportunity
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Location / Office / Culture
Based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington, you’ll join a welcoming finance team within a professional, forward-thinking environment. You’ll take ownership of leading and mentoring your own finance function, while playing a key role within the senior leadership team.
What We Are Looking For
Essential:
- Fully qualified accountant – ACA, ACCA, or CIMA
- Proven track record as a Financial Controller or plant/site controller within a manufacturing environment
- Strong technical grounding in standard costing, inventory accounting, and manufacturing variance analysis
- Experience producing full monthly management accounts and leading budgeting/forecasting cycles
- Hands-on ERP experience alongside strong Excel and analytical skills
- Confidence as a business partner, able to challenge and influence operational stakeholders
- High integrity with a strong controls mindset
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Desirable:
- Experience within manufacturing sectors
- Exposure to business integration, acquisition, or finance transformation projects
- People management experience with a track record of developing finance teams
- A hands-on, pragmatic approach, comfortable operating from shop floor to boardroom
- Resilience and adaptability, particularly through periods of ownership change and integration
- Strong communication skills, able to translate financial data into operational insight
- Commercial curiosity with a continuous improvement mindset
- Deadline-driven with high attention to detail
Why Join the Business
- A senior, high-visibility finance leadership role
- The opportunity to shape and lead the finance function
- Genuine career progression and professional development
- A comprehensive benefits package
About Us
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