Site Finance Manager

Chase and Holland; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading family-owned manufacturing firm in West Yorkshire is seeking a Site Finance Manager to drive business performance and provide financial insights. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with manufacturing experience and strong business partnering skills. This role offers a competitive salary and opportunities for career advancement in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary/package

Career advancement opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or strong QBE with experience in manufacturing.
• Ability to influence and negotiate effectively.
• Understanding operational issues impacting commercial decisions.

Responsibilities

• Act as finance business partner to key business leaders.
• Prepare weekly/monthly accounts and variance analysis.
• Drive improvements through data reporting and analysis.
• Maintain costings of all live SKUs for accurate financial tracking.
• Support NPD process with accurate new product costings.
• Track savings for all CI initiatives and capital proposals.
• Work with leadership team to produce robust budgets and forecasts.
• Conduct regular reviews for overhead spending control.
• Complete monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations.

Skills

Finance business partnering

Costing and budgeting

Variance analysis

Negotiation skills

Continuous improvement mentality

Education

Qualified / later stages PQ accountant (CIMA or ACCA)

Job description

Site Finance Manager – Brighouse – c£55,000

We are working with one of our fast growing, successful family owned manufacturing clients in Brighouse, who have a great opportunity for a candidate with ambition as a Site Finance Manager. This is a really exciting newly created opportunity post a recent acquisition. You will be working for a reputable business who offers excellent career opportunities and a chance to make a real impact.

A key member of the Site Leadership Team, helping to drive the business forward in a profitable manner, offering valuable insights and process improvement through accurate and timely reporting to both internal and external stakeholders. Taking the lead on financial matters and ensuring delivery of business and operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• Finance business partner and advisor to the Business Unit Lead and General Manager, taking lead on financial matters and ensuring delivery of business objectives
• Preparation of the Weekly/Monthly accounts, supporting KPIs, variance analysis and commentary for financial performance
• Drive improvements to performance and procedures, through identification of relevant data, reporting and CI planning
• Develop and maintain costings of all live SKUs to capture key raw materials, labour and supply chain information
• Provide accurate new product costings in a timely manner to support the NPD Process
• Responsibility for tracking in-year savings for all CI initiatives and capital proposals
• Working closely with the Site Leadership Team to produce robust budget and in-year forecasts, including review pack which summarises key assumptions
• Ad hoc, proactive investigation, reports, capital proposals and financial propositions relevant to business/ function strategy and performance
• Be the key finance support for overhead spend approval and reporting, holding regular reviews with stakeholders with the focus on spending control
• Complete monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations and group reporting pack

Qualifications & Experience

• Qualified / later stages PQ accountant (CIMA or ACCA) or strong QBE, with good experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally FMCG
• Confident communicator, negotiator and able to influence decision‑making
• Demonstrable understanding of operational issues and the impact on commercial decision making
• Continuous improvement mentality

This role will suit a driven individual who wants to make a real difference. In return you will receive a great salary/package and the chance to work in a very operational Finance Business Partnering role within an exceptional, highly reputable business and friendly team. Longer term opportunities may be available down the line for the right person.

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Chase & Holland acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. We specialise in Finance, Supply Chain, HR and IT recruitment and comfortably service Yorkshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire market.