Site Finance Manager

Whistl UK Ltd; Lutterworth; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave enhancements

Company pension

Health cash plan

Life assurance scheme

Critical Illness cover

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Whistl UK Ltd is seeking an experienced Site Finance Manager to join our growing fulfilment operation on-site. You will partner with operational and commercial teams to drive profitability and strong financial control.

The role suits a qualified accountant with logistics/warehousing experience who can turn data into actionable insights and lead budgeting, forecasting and balance sheet governance. This is a full-time, on-site position with occasional travel to other Whistl sites to support

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent.
• Strong management accounting and financial control background.
• Experience in logistics, warehousing, ecommerce fulfilment, transport or distribution environments.
• Strong analytical skills to investigate trends, variances and performance.
• Commercial awareness and ability to link operational activity with financial outcomes.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting, audit support and balance sheet management.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables and lookups.

Responsibilities

• Partner with site management to support financial performance and operational decision-making.
• Produce weekly and monthly financial reports, forecasts and management information.
• Manage revenue, margin and cost reporting for accurate performance measurement.
• Lead customer profitability analysis to identify margin improvement opportunities.
• Maintain balance sheet controls, reconciliations and financial governance.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting activities.
• Review operational KPIs including productivity, labour, carrier and fulfilment costs.
• Support customer reporting, invoice reconciliations and aged debt management.
• Drive process improvements and identify risks and opportunities across the operation.
• Provide clear financial insight and challenge to finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Skills

Qualified accountant

Management accounting

Logistics exposure

Analytical skills

Commercial awareness

Budgeting & forecasting

Excel skills

Stakeholder management

Independent working

Leadership experience

MS Dynamics / BC familiarity

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Dynamics 365 / BC

Job description

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Site Finance Manager to join our growing fulfilment operation. This is a key on-site finance leadership role where you will act as the trusted finance business partner to operational, commercial and senior management teams, ensuring strong financial control while driving profitability and operational performance.

This opportunity is ideal for a qualified accountant who has experience within logistics, warehousing, distribution, transport or ecommerce fulfilment environments and enjoys working closely with operational teams to turn data into meaningful business insight.

About The Role What You’ll Be Doing

• Partnering with site management to support financial performance and operational decision-making.
• Producing weekly and monthly financial reports, forecasts and management information.
• Managing revenue, margin and cost reporting to ensure accurate financial performance measurement.
• Leading customer profitability analysis and identifying opportunities to improve margins.
• Maintaining strong balance sheet controls, reconciliations and financial governance.
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and reforecasting activities.
• Reviewing operational KPIs including productivity, labour, carrier and fulfilment costs.
• Supporting customer reporting, invoice reconciliations and aged debt management.
• Driving process improvements and identifying risks and opportunities across the operation.
• Providing clear financial insight and challenge to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.

Additional Information: This is a full-time, on-site role. Some travel to other Whistl sites may be required to support business needs.

Benefits

• Annual leave enhanced with long service.
• Company Pension
• Long service rewards: both financial and leave-based.
• Health cash plan.
• Life assurance scheme.
• Critical Illness cover
• Access to our prestige benefits and rewards portal.
• Career development opportunities.
• Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider.
• And other excellent benefits you would expect from a market leader.

Requirements

What We’re Looking For

Essential Skills & Experience

• Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent experience).
• Strong management accounting and financial control background.
• Experience within logistics, warehousing, ecommerce fulfilment, transport or distribution environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate trends, variances and financial performance.
• Commercial awareness and the ability to connect operational activity with financial outcomes.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, audit support and balance sheet management.
• Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, lookups and financial modelling.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Desirable

• Experience with Microsoft Business Central (Navision) or similar finance systems.
• Open-book customer reporting experience.
• Direct ecommerce fulfilment experience.
• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA) or equivalent, with significant post-qualification experience in a similar finance management role.
• Proven experience in financial control, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting within a logistics, distribution, supply chain, or manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-finance colleagues.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, able to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Confident IT user, with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and experience with finance/ERP systems.
• Proactive, organised, and able to work independently, managing multiple priorities to meet deadlines.
• Positive, can-do attitude with a drive for continuous improvement and a commitment to upholding the highest professional standards.
• Previous team leadership or supervisory experience is highly desirable.

Flexibility To Travel To Other Sites As Required.