Job Description
Finance Director
Location: Home Counties - relocation available
Salary: £ + executive benefits
Industry - Premium Food Manufacturing Business
An established and highly regarded UK-based premium food manufacturer is seeking to appoint a Finance Director to join its executive team during a pivotal stage of strategic development and growth.
Operating across retail, foodservice and international channels, the business has built a strong reputation for quality, innovation and customer partnership. With a robust brand heritage and a clear growth agenda, the Company is now focused on accelerating profitable expansion, strengthening operational performance, and enhancing long-term enterprise value.
This is a rare opportunity to join a scaling, brand-led food business in a visible and influential Board role.
The role:
Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, the Finance Director will play a central role in shaping and delivering the Company's next phase of growth.
This is not a traditional reporting-led finance appointment. The successful candidate will act as a commercially engaged strategic partner, responsible for:
- Supporting and stress-testing the multi-year growth strategy
- Driving EBITDA expansion and sustainable margin improvement
- Strengthening working capital, cashflow and balance sheet resilience
- Enhancing financial visibility across retail and foodservice channels
- Providing rigorous modelling and scenario analysis to support innovation and investment decisions
- Embedding financial discipline across a growing organisation
The role requires an individual who can move seamlessly between strategic Board discussions and detailed operational and manufacturing performance analysis.
The Candidate
We are seeking a high-calibre finance leader with strong FMCG credentials and Board-level potential or experience.
You will bring:
- Full accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
- Senior finance leadership experience within FMCG, food manufacturing or branded consumer goods
- Strong understanding of retail and/or foodservice commercial dynamics
- Proven exposure to manufacturing finance, cost of goods, supply chain economics and working capital management
- Demonstrable experience supporting profitable revenue growth and margin expansion
In addition, you will demonstrate:
- Strong financial modelling and scenario planning capability
- Commercial instinct alongside disciplined governance
- Confidence operating at Executive or Board level
- The ability to influence and challenge constructively
- Experience strengthening financial controls and performance reporting in a dynamic environment
Personally, you will be:
- Strategic yet hands-on
- Credible, calm and resilient
- Commercially curious and value focused
- High integrity with sound judgement
- A collaborative and influential leader
- Energised by growth and long-term business building
The opportunity
This role offers genuine influence and impact within a respected and ambitious food manufacturing business.
The successful candidate will have the platform to:
- Shape strategic direction
- Drive meaningful financial and commercial performance improvement
- Strengthen operational discipline
- Support sustainable, profitable growth
- Contribute directly to long-term enterprise value creation
Further details will be provided to suitably qualified and interested candidates under confidentiality.
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