FInance Manager

Russam Gms; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A manufacturing company in Birmingham is seeking an experienced Finance Manager to oversee day-to-day financial operations. The role includes managing accounts, budgeting, and financial reporting, requiring a qualified accountant with experience in manufacturing finance and strong skills in Oracle NetSuite. The successful candidate will drive improvements in cost management and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, or strong part‑qualified candidate with relevant experience.
• Proven experience in manufacturing finance with hands‑on exposure to job costing, standard costing, inventory accounting and production reporting.
• Practical experience with Oracle NetSuite in a finance or reporting capacity.

Responsibilities

• Manage month‑end close and management accounts.
• Prepare budgets and rolling forecasts.
• Support pricing and profitability analysis.
• Monitor cost of goods sold and inventory valuations.
• Ensure accurate job/shop order accounting.
• Support cash forecasting and debtor control.
• Drive automation of routine processes.
• Maintain SOX‑style checklists.
• Coach junior finance staff.

Skills

Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent

Experience in manufacturing finance

Practical experience with Oracle NetSuite

Strong technical skills in Excel

Commercial mindset

Process and control oriented

Excellent communicator

Organised and delivery-focused

Tools

Oracle NetSuite

Excel

Job description

Role: Finance Manager
Location: Birmingham

Role overview

Our client seeks an experienced Finance Manager to lead day‑to‑day financial operations for its Birmingham manufacturing operation. This is a hands‑on role combining management accounting, commercial finance partnering and systems ownership to support scale, cost control and margin improvement. The successful candidate will have solid experience in manufacturing organisations.

Key responsibilities

• Manage month‑end close and management accounts: deliver timely P&L, balance sheet reconciliations and variance commentary.
• Prepare budgets and rolling forecasts: maintain driver‑based models, scenario analysis and clear variance explanations for senior leadership.
• Commercial partnering: support pricing, product and channel profitability analysis, job costing and bid/tender finance input.
• Cost control and inventory oversight: monitor cost of goods sold, standard cost updates, inventory valuations, BOM cost checks and actions to reduce excess stock.
• Support costing, work in progress and production accounting: ensure accurate job/shop order accounting, labour absorption and overhead allocation.
• Cash and working capital management: support cash forecasting, debtor control and supplier payment optimisation.
• ERP ownership and improvements: act as key finance lead for Oracle NetSuite configuration, reporting, integrations and user adoption; drive automation of routine processes and data quality.
• Month‑end controls and compliance: maintain SOX‑style checklists where applicable, support statutory reporting and audit requests.
• Develop processes and team capability: coach junior finance staff, standardise procedures and document controls.
• Ad hoc projects: support product margin improvement, cost reduction programmes and system rollouts.

Experience skills and attributes

• Qualified accountant ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent, or strong part‑qualified candidate with relevant experience.
• Proven experience in manufacturing finance with hands‑on exposure to job costing, standard costing, inventory accounting and production reporting.
• Practical, demonstrable experience with Oracle NetSuite in a finance or reporting capacity, including use of saved searches, SuiteAnalytics, GL configuration and integration points.
• Strong technical skills in Excel and financial modelling.
• Commercial mindset: ability to translate financial insight into operational actions that improve margins and cash.
• Process and control oriented with experience implementing and maintaining month‑end checklists and reconciliations.
• Excellent communicator and business partner able to influence operations, supply chain and commercial teams.
• Organised, pragmatic and delivery‑focused with the ability to work under pressure to deadlines.

Success measures and KPIs

• Monthly management accounts delivered on time with clear variance commentary.
• Accurate rolling forecast and driver models maintained and used in decision making.
• Reduction in inventory days and improved COGS accuracy within 12 months.
• NetSuite finance improvements delivered: improved reporting, fewer reconciliation exceptions and higher data integrity.
• Commercial impact: measurable margin improvements supported through pricing and cost initiatives.
• Strong internal controls with audit requests managed efficiently and limited control exceptions.

Package reporting and how to apply

• Salary - competitive and commensurate with experience.
• Reports to Financial Controller.
• Location Birmingham with occasional travel to other AJM sites.
• To apply send CV and a short cover note summarising your manufacturing finance experience and one example of a systems or cost improvement you led.