Finance Director

Cooper Edwards Ltd; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic engineering firm in East Midlands is seeking a Finance Director to lead financial management and reporting. You will play a pivotal role in a fast-paced environment, ensuring compliance and driving continuous improvement. The ideal candidate has strong experience with financial reporting and is a proactive team player. This role is fully site-based and offers the opportunity to influence growth strategies.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a finance team in an agile manufacturing SME.
• Proven experience preparing management accounts in a hands-on role.
• Ability to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for financial management and compliance.
• Deliver timely financial reporting and board-level analysis.
• Monitor financial performance and implement cost-saving initiatives.

Skills

Financial management

Reporting and analysis

Cost-saving initiatives

Team leadership

Proactive mindset

Education

Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, preferably CIMA)

Tools

MRP system

Job description

Overview

100% SITE BASED

This role is for the most dynamic and passionate Finance Directors / Heads of Finance of engineering/manufacturing who are prepared to make a huge difference. This Finance Director will be pivotal to underpinning an incredible growth agenda.

Responsibilities

Main responsibilities:

• Part of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting into and working closely with the Managing Director, this is a key role in a small dynamic organisation, with overall responsibility for financial management, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency in reporting and analysis.
• Leveraging the use of the MRP system, the Finance Director will deliver timely and accurate financial reporting, including monthly management accounts, group reporting, and board-level analysis.
• You will monitor financial performance and proactively implement cost-saving initiatives where necessary, always driving continuous improvement across systems, controls, business efficiencies, forecasting and reporting processes.

Qualifications

• A qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, preferably CIMA), you have experience leading a team in finance management within an agile manufacturing SME.
• You have proven experience preparing management accounts to a high standard in a hands-on role, in an international environment.
• Above all, we are looking for genuinely proactive team players with an entrepreneurial spirit, who thrive on playing a key role in a high growth, fast paced environment.

If you see yourself as one of the go-getters of Finance in engineering/manufacturing who will roll their sleeves up and take their team with them, please send your CV and cover email highlighting your current package and motivation for applying to this position to our retained consultants at Cooper Edwards.