Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Location: Birmingham Area

Salary: £85,000–£95,000 (DOE)

The Opportunity

Reporting to the Managing Director and becoming the #1 in Finance across the group, managing 2. Play a key role in ERP optimisation, finance process improvement, reporting improvements, and business integration.

Key Role

Full accounting top down and from Analysis, financial planning to monthly management accounts information Cash flow forecasting, working capital management and financial planning

Driving ERP consolidation

Genuine business partnering across all parts of the business

Full finance process improvement

Managing and developing 2 finance and accounts staff

Supporting MD with tailored management information

Strengthening controls and finance infrastructure as the group scales.

Leading automation initiatives and identifying opportunities to leverage AI in a modern finance and accounting tech stack

You will ideally have / be all of these

Good experience as FC or FM from a manufacturing or engineering environment

A good level of manufacturing or engineering background.

Experience of WIP reporting and controls, bills of materials, manufacturing costing and margin analysis

Underatnd sales order flow through ERP systems, inventory and stock reporting

Have multi-site operational finance experience

The personality to be great on the shop floor and in the boardroom

Brilliant communication skills

Technically strong across reporting, forecasting and controls, and commercially minded

Experienced with ERP systems — ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central

Have driven automation and process improvement.

Have ambition to develop, learn and progress to Finance Director

Working Pattern

One to two remote working days per week are available but preference is for a leader to be surrounded by their team and involved in day to day decisions.