Financial Controller

Transaction Recruitment; Worcester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Transaction Recruitment is seeking a Financial Controller for our Worcester site. You will lead the finance team, own the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow, and act as a strategic partner to operations.

Based on site leadership, drive cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting to group. You will champion internal controls and ERP improvements, ensuring accurate management accounts and business insights.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with manufacturing experience.
• Proven track record in financial control and reporting.
• Strong costing, inventory and variance analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop and mentor the site finance team.
• Own the site's P&L, balance sheet and cash flow.
• Oversee and grow the wider finance function.
• Support site leadership and act as a business partner to operations.
• Produce monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
• Deliver reporting to the wider group and manage budgeting.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity with reconciliations and audits.
• Drive internal controls, cash management and working capital.
• Oversee capital expenditure appraisal and cost-control initiatives.
• Develop site KPIs linking operational metrics to financial outcomes.

Skills

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Plant/Site controller

Standard costing

Inventory accounting

Monthly management accounts

ERP systems

Excel & analytics

Business partnering

Education

Fully qualified accountant - ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

ERP system

Job description

About the Business

Join a well-respected manufacturing company based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington. As the Financial Controller, you\'ll take on the finance leadership role for the Worcester site, blending full financial control responsibilities with hands-on plant accounting. This is a key position within the site leadership team, acting as a true business partner to operations by providing insight, challenge and control to help drive site performance.

Main Duties

As a Financial Controller, your main duties include:

• Leading, developing and mentoring the site finance team


• Taking full ownership of the site\'s P&L, balance sheet and cash flow


• Overseeing and growing the wider finance function


• Sitting as a key member of the senior leadership team, supporting site directors


• Producing timely, accurate monthly management accounts, complete with variance analysis and commentary against budget and forecast


• Delivering reporting into the wider group


• Running the annual budgeting process and periodic reforecasts


• Ensuring balance sheet integrity through monthly reconciliations and review


• Managing the year-end audit process and liaising directly with external auditors


• Maintaining and strengthening the internal control environment


• Overseeing cash management, working capital optimisation, and capital expenditure appraisal and control


• Setting, maintaining and reviewing standard costs, along with labour and overhead recovery rates


• Analysing manufacturing variances (material usage, labour efficiency, overhead absorption, purchase price variance) and translating these into clear actions for operations


• Managing inventory accounting and control, including cycle counting, stock provisions, WIP valuation and physical inventory oversight


• Supporting pricing, quoting and make/buy decisions through product costing and margin analysis


• Business partnering with the Site General Manager, Operations, Engineering and Supply Chain to drive cost reduction and productivity improvements


• Financially evaluating capital investment proposals and tracking returns


• Developing site KPIs and performance dashboards that link operational metrics to financial outcomes


• Acting as a key finance contact, helping align policies, reporting and systems


• Driving continuous improvement across finance processes, systems and ERP usage


• Feeding financial input into site leadership discussions on strategy, risk and opportunity

Location / Office / Culture

Based in Worcester, off junction 7 of the M5, near Whittington, you\'ll join a welcoming finance team within a professional, forward-thinking environment. You\'ll take ownership of leading and mentoring your own finance function, while playing a key role within the senior leadership team.

What We Are Looking For

The ideal candidate will have

Essential

• Fully qualified accountant - ACA, ACCA or CIMA


• Proven track record as a Financial Controller or plant/site controller within a manufacturing environment


• Strong technical grounding in standard costing, inventory accounting and manufacturing variance analysis


• Experience producing full monthly management accounts and leading budgeting/forecasting cycles


• Hands-on ERP experience alongside strong Excel and analytical skills


• Confidence as a business partner, able to challenge and influence operational stakeholders


• High integrity with a strong controls mindset

Desirable

• Experience within manufacturing sectors


• Exposure to business integration, acquisition or finance transformation projects


• People management experience with a track record of developing finance teams


• A hands-on, pragmatic approach, comfortable operating from shop floor to boardroom


• Resilience and adaptability, particularly through periods of ownership change and integration


• Strong communication skills, able to translate financial data into operational insight


• Commercial curiosity with a continuous improvement mindset


• Deadline-driven with high attention to detail

Why Join the business

• A senior, high-visible finance leadership role


• The opportunity to shape and lead the finance function


• Genuine career progression and professional development


• A comprehensive benefits package

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