Financial Controller

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-visibility finance leadership role

The opportunity to shape and lead the finance function

Genuine career progression and professional development

A comprehensive benefits package

About Us

We are a local accountancy recruitment specialist. We appreciate that roles are often online for a long period of time. If you want to check if this role is still live or just want more details before applying, call us directly.

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