Anderson Knight
Financial Controller
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Anderson Knight are delighted to be recruiting a Finance Manager/Controller to be number one and lead finance at one of their flagship FMCG manufacturing sites. This is a highly visible leadership role where you'll partner closely with operational teams to influence commercial decisions, optimise performance and support the delivery of products to major retail and customer channels.
This role combines financial control, commercial business partnering and operational finance leadership within a fast-paced, high-volume manufacturing environment. You'll play a pivotal role in driving site performance, improving efficiencies and providing the financial insight needed to support operational excellence, customer service and sustainable growth.
This is an exciting time to join the business. A significant capital investment programme is nearing completion to support increased production capacity and the onboarding of a major new customer. You'll be instrumental in ensuring the site maximises these opportunities, delivering strong financial performance while supporting continued operational growth.
Working closely with the Site Lead and cross-functional teams across Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial and Continuous Improvement, you'll provide financial leadership that enables informed decision-making, enhances profitability and drives service excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the senior finance business partner for the manufacturing site, providing commercial challenge, financial leadership and strategic support to operational teams.
- Deliver insightful weekly P&L reporting, KPI analysis and operational performance reporting to support fast-paced decision-making.
- Lead the site's forecasting, budgeting and financial planning processes, ensuring demand forecasts, inventory levels and labour planning are aligned with customer requirements and production schedules.
- Partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, Sales and Continuous Improvement teams to improve operational efficiency, maximise margins and drive site performance.
- Support major capital investment projects and new customer launches through robust financial modelling, investment appraisal and commercial decision support.
- Produce accurate month-end reporting for submission to Central Finance, with Group consolidation and FP&A managed centrally.
- Identify opportunities to improve financial processes, automate reporting, strengthen controls and enhance the quality of operational insight.
- Deliver meaningful commercial analysis that supports pricing, cost optimisation, waste reduction, productivity and long-term business growth.
- Build strong relationships across the site, influencing stakeholders at all levels while providing appropriate support and constructive challenge.
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You'll be a qualified finance professional (ACCA, CA or CIMA) with a strong background in FMCG or high-volume manufacturing and experience operating within a fast-moving, customer-focused environment.
You'll bring:
- Strong business partnering skills with the ability to influence senior operational stakeholders and challenge constructively.
- Experience supporting forecasting, demand planning, inventory management, labour planning and cost control within a manufacturing environment.
- A commercial mindset with the ability to translate financial data into clear, actionable insight that drives business performance.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with a visible, collaborative leadership style.
- A proactive approach to continuous improvement, process optimisation and automation.
- The confidence to lead the finance function on site, balancing operational support with robust financial governance.
Why Join Us?
This is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact within a market-leading FMCG manufacturing business during an exciting period of investment and growth. You'll work alongside experienced operational leaders, influence key commercial and strategic decisions, support major customer growth initiatives and play a central role in improving site performance, while developing your career within a successful and ambitious organisation.
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