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Head of Finance
Head of Finance
FWB is supporting a well-established, private equity-backed Scottish manufacturing business with the appointment of a Head of Finance.
This is an outstanding opportunity to join a highly respected business with an enviable reputation for:
- Quality
- Long-standing customer relationships
- Operational excellence
Following recent investment, expanded leadership, and Board reinforcement, the business is undergoing exciting new growth, investment, and transformation.
Role Overview
Reporting directly to the Managing Director, the successful candidate will act as the senior finance leader for this evolving business. Initially, the focus is on:
- Delivering robust financial control
- Establishing performance reporting and costing systems
- Driving cashflow management
- Developing commercial insights
- Strengthening the finance function
- Supporting operational performance
However, this position offers a unique progression opportunity—blending traditional financial roles with potential escalation to a Finance Director position as the business and individual grow together.
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Key Accountabilities
We are seeking an ambitious, commercially astute finance leader who:
- Thrives in both financial and operational environments
- Is adept at producing precise financial reporting and engaging strategically with leadership
- Partners with operational teams from top to bottom, understanding process efficiencies and ROI opportunities across the entire enterprise
- Values contribution over hierarchy and embraces leadership from the front line
The ideal candidate brings experience in:
- Financial control
- Management and statutory reporting
- Operating in manufacturing or FMCG environments with multi-site operational focus
- Costing, margin analysis, and operational KPI reporting
- Budgeting, forecasting, cashflow and working capital management
- Systems, controls, and process improvement
- Leading and developing the finance team
- Demonstrating ambition and scalability for progression into an executive Finance Director role
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ABAOUT THE COMPANY
This represents an excellent opportunity for experienced financial professionals—acting as Financial Controller or Head of Finance—to step into a pivotal leadership role within a fast-growing, values-driven manufacturing business: one supported by an ambitious investor and an evolving leadership team during a strategic scaling phase ahead of an eventual exit.
The successful candidate will join a business where contribution speaks louder than titles, relationships define progress, and leadership denotes forward momentum—setting new benchmarks for financial insight and operational leadership in growth-focused manufacturing.
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