Sr. Officer/ Officer, Accounts, Glass Factory

AKIJBASHIR GROUP; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Plant Financial Controller to oversee all finance functions within its manufacturing facilities. The ideal candidate will liaise between financial operations and other departments, focusing on cost optimization and the management of plant assets. Responsibilities include reducing COGS, preparing budgets, and ensuring efficient material management. This vital role requires a proactive approach to financial processes to enhance performance and reduce waste.

Responsibilities

• Oversee finance functions within all manufacturing facilities.
• Liaise between financial operations and organizational departments at Plant.
• Identify structure and components of COGS for reduction strategies.
• Eliminate unnecessary purchases and ensure proper material management.
• Identify opportunities to reduce Factory Overhead with monthly reporting.
• Prepare yearly budget and monitor monthly progression and variances.
• Coordinate with Plant and departmental heads for asset management.

Job description

• Serve as the central figure in the of capacity of Plant Financial Controller, responsible for overseeing finance functions within all manufacturing facility at the cluster location
• Act as a key liaison between financial operations and other organizational departments/function at Plant, while fostering a culture of accountability and adherence to established financial protocols
• Identify structure and components of COGS and work with related departments to continuously reduce COGS through process optimization and reduce wastages with keeping open eye to related industry environment
• Act as plant level core person to eliminate unnecessary purchases, to establish accurate recording of receive, issue and safe storage of materials, to report monthly reconciliation of materials focusing elimination of process loss and wastages
• Work closely with operational departments identifying opportunities to reduce Factory Overhead and report monthly SBU wise and department wise actual Factory Overhead comparing against Budget
• Prepare SBU and department wise yearly budget for the plant and act as Owner of Plant level Budget, monitor monthly progression of budget, report monthly variances against budget identifying reason of variances in coordination related persons/departments
• Coordinate with Plant Head and departmental Heads to ensure optimum use and management of Plant Assets (operational resources of Capacity, Workforce, Facility and Inventory)