Finance Director – Manufacturing Growth & Strategy

Mercia Garden Products LTD; South Scarle CP; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercia Garden Products LTD, Newark site, seeks a commercially minded finance leader to drive EBITDA growth and act as the principal adviser to the MD. You will guide decisions across pricing, product, manufacturing, procurement, inventory, investment and growth, challenging assumptions and turning insights into action.

You will lead finance across the Group, delivering robust cash forecasts, best-in-class manufacturing costing, and real-time reporting via ERP and BI platforms.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with substantial post-qualification experience in manufacturing or operationally complex environments.
• Strong manufacturing finance knowledge including standard costing, inventory, profitability and cost management.
• Experience with ERP and BI/reporting platforms to enable real-time insights.
• Proven track record of delivering measurable commercial impact through margin improvement, cash release or cost reduction.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance across the Group, reporting to the MD and partnering with leadership to drive EBITDA and value creation.
• Establish a robust rolling 13-week cash forecast and strengthen working capital discipline.
• Develop best-in-class manufacturing reporting, cost visibility and profitability analysis to guide decisions.
• Drive margin, pricing, mix, efficiency and capital allocation decisions using standard costing data.
• Deliver real-time financial and operational reporting via ERP/BI and identify AI opportunities to automate processes.
• Act as a true business partner, challenging assumptions and supporting commercial and operational decisions.
• Develop KPI framework linked to value creation with ownership across leadership.
• Own capex governance, post-investment reviews and robust business case discipline.
• Lead finance transformation through ERP/BI initiatives and improve data integrity and month-end close.
• Build and develop a high-performing finance team with strong commercial focus.

Skills

Manufacturing finance experience

ERP & BI reporting

Commercial judgement

Leadership & business partnering

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

ERP systems

BI/reporting platforms

Job description

Mercia Garden Products LTD, Newark site, seeks a commercially minded finance leader to drive EBITDA growth and act as the principal adviser to the MD. You will guide decisions across pricing, product, manufacturing, procurement, inventory, investment and growth, challenging assumptions and turning insights into action.

You will lead finance across the Group, delivering robust cash forecasts, best-in-class manufacturing costing, and real-time reporting via ERP and BI platforms.