Finance Manager

The Oval Partnership; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; Presencial; GBP 65 000 - 85 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

The Oval Partnership is seeking an Operations Finance Manager to take end-to-end financial ownership of a UK factory site near Peterborough. You will partner with the Plant Manager and leadership team to translate operational metrics into strategic financial actions that improve site margins and profitability.

You will lead standard costing, variance analysis, budgeting, and CapEx evaluation, while driving cost reduction via lean initiatives.

Qualificações

• Experience in factory/costing or operations finance within manufacturing.
• Strong grounding in standard costing, manufacturing variance analysis, and cost centre management.
• Proficiency in Excel and ERP environments; able to translate metrics into financial action.
• Demonstrated credibility with non-finance stakeholders and ability to challenge decisions.
• UK work eligibility; degree in finance-related field desirable.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with Plant Manager and site heads to provide financial insight and strategic recommendations.
• Calculate and maintain standard costs; ensure BOMs, routings and overhead allocations reflect ERP parameters.
• Analyse variances, production volumes, productivity, yield, scrap, and OEE against budget/forecast.
• Oversee working capital governance, stock movements, obsolescence provisions, and cycle counts.
• Support month-end closing, journals, accruals, and reconciliations with Group Finance.
• Drive cost reduction and continuous improvement through lean manufacturing projects.
• Lead plant budgeting, re-forecasting, and ROI/payback evaluation for CapEx and investments.

Conhecimentos

Factory finance

Costing

ERP systems

Excel

Stakeholder partnering

Formação académica

Finance/Accounting/Economics/Industrial Engineering degree

CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent

Ferramentas

Infor M3

SAP

Oracle

Descrição da oferta de emprego

The Oval Partnership are currently supporting a European manufacturing Group to recruit an Operations Finance Manager to take end-to-end financial ownership of their UK Factory site in the Peterborough area.

In this critical role, you won't just be crunching numbers you will act as the key Finance Business Partner to the Plant Manager and site leadership team. You will translate operational metrics into actionable financial strategy, influence cost-saving initiatives, and optimise manufacturing profitability from the factory floor up.

Key Responsibilities of the Finance Manager include:

• Operations Business Partnering: Partner directly with the Plant Manager and operational heads to provide financial insight, constructive challenge, and strategic recommendations to improve site margins and cost management.
• Product Costing & Standard Costing: Calculate, maintain, and update standard costs for finished and semi-finished goods. Ensure BOMs, routings, labour rates, and overhead allocations accurately reflect ERP parameters.
• Variance & Performance Analysis: Analyse manufacturing costs, production volumes, productivity, yield, scrap, OEE, labour efficiency, and conversion costs against budget and forecast.
• Inventory & Working Capital Oversight: Provide financial governance across stock control processes, review stock movements, manage slow-moving/obsolescence provisions, and validate physical cycle counts.
• Controlling & Month-End Closing: Oversee monthly closing activities, journal entries, accruals, variance postings, and reconciliations in coordination with Group Finance.
• Cost Reduction & Continuous Improvement: Partner with operations on continuous improvement and lean manufacturing projects to identify, validate, and track tangible cost-saving and efficiency benefits.
• Budgeting, Forecasting & Decision Support: Lead plant budgeting and re-forecasting cycles, build robust business cases for CapEx projects, and evaluate operational investments (ROI/payback).

What We Are Looking For

• Experience: Factory / costings or operations finance experience within a manufacturing environment
• Costing Expertise: Solid grounding in standard costing, manufacturing variance analysis, inventory accounting, and cost centre management.
• Systems & Analytics: Strong proficiency in Excel and experience with modern ERP environments (e.g., Infor M3, SAP, Oracle).
• Business Partnering Skills: Proven ability to build credibility with non-finance stakeholders (Plant Managers, Engineers, Operations Leads) and challenge status-quo decisions effectively.
• Education: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or Industrial Engineering. Recognised professional accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent) is desirable.
• Right to Work: Must have full eligibility to work in the UK on an indefinite basis