Assistant Financial Controller – Fulfilment Ops & Forecasting

THG Ingenuity; Manchester; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

THG Ingenuity is hiring an Assistant Financial Controller to support the financial performance of its fulfilment operations across multiple sites. You will partner with site leads and commercial teams to drive profitability, forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis.

The role focuses on operational costing, onboarding new clients, month-end processes, and developing pricing models for fulfilment cost assumptions. A strong finance background in logistics or operations is preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience within Management Accounting, Financial Control, Commercial Finance or Operational Finance.
• Strong analytical and commercial acumen.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to interpret large data sets.
• Strong stakeholder management and business partnering capability.
• Experience within logistics, fulfilment, warehousing or operational environments preferred.
• Studying towards, or qualified in, ACCA, CIMA or ACA desirable.
• Knowledge of Power BI, SQL, AI tools or data visualisation platforms.

Responsibilities

• Business partner fulfilment Site Leads, supporting and challenging financial and operational performance.
• Own weekly forecasting processes & operational reporting for a designated fulfilment site.
• Produce and analyse Cost Per Unit (CPU) reporting, identifying risks and opportunities to improve profitability.
• Deliver weekly and monthly variance analysis against forecast, budget and prior year.
• Support annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting activities.
• Support financial requirements for new client onboarding and implementation projects.
• Review labour, warehousing and operational cost performance, driving accountability across sites.
• Assist with month-end activities, reporting and financial controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting, automation and finance processes.
• Work with Operations, Commercial and Implementation teams to assess profitability and operational feasibility of new business opportunities.
• Assist in the development of client pricing models and fulfilment cost assumptions.

Skills

Management accounting

Analytical skills

Budgeting & forecasting

Advanced Excel

Stakeholder management

Logistics / fulfilment

ACCA/CIMA/ACA desirable

Power BI/SQL

Job description

THG Ingenuity is hiring an Assistant Financial Controller to support the financial performance of its fulfilment operations across multiple sites. You will partner with site leads and commercial teams to drive profitability, forecasting, budgeting, and cost analysis.

The role focuses on operational costing, onboarding new clients, month-end processes, and developing pricing models for fulfilment cost assumptions. A strong finance background in logistics or operations is preferred.