Financial Controller - Lead Finance Team in Manufacturing

Isca Recruitment Ltd; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Pension

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Isca Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for a commercially astute hands-on accountant to join an SME business with 2 entities as the Financial Controller.

You will manage a small finance team, produce the monthly management accounts including variance analysis and commentary for local and Group management, and provide cost, margin and profitability analysis. Salary £70,000–£80,000pa; Hours 37.5, Mon–Fri, in office four days a week in WSM and one day near Gloucester.

Qualifications

• Proactive, commercially astute qualified accountant with manufacturing or similar experience.
• Experience leading a small finance team and partnering with operational colleagues.
• Strong knowledge of management accounting, budgeting and forecasting, and group reporting.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day financial operations and a small finance team.
• Produce monthly management accounts with variance analysis and commentary.
• Provide cost/margin analysis, track monthly budgets, and investigate variances.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns and oversee payroll, pension and supplier payments.
• Lead year-end accounts, audits, and budget/forecast processes.
• Maintain robust financial controls and drive process improvements.
• Ensure accurate financial systems data and partner with business units.

Skills

Staff management

Management accounting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Costing & margins

WIP analysis

Excel

Data analysis

Communication

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Tools

ERP/Finance software

Job description

Isca Recruitment is delighted to be recruiting for a commercially astute hands-on accountant to join an SME business with 2 entities as the Financial Controller.

You will manage a small finance team, produce the monthly management accounts including variance analysis and commentary for local and Group management, and provide cost, margin and profitability analysis. Salary £70,000–£80,000pa; Hours 37.5, Mon–Fri, in office four days a week in WSM and one day near Gloucester.