Finance Manager

Finance Manager£50,000 - £55,000 + benefitsCoventry Office-based (4 days) + 1 day WFH Regular travel between 2 sites (paid) A fantastic opportunity for a hands-on Finance Manager to join a growing, operationally focused business where finance sits at the heart of manufacturing and decision-making. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being close to operations, working with inventory, raw materials, and production teams, and taking real ownership of site performance. As Finance Manager, you will take full responsibility for the day-to-day finance operations across site, acting as a key partner to both finance and operational teams. This is high visibility where you'll play a crucial part in driving performance, improving controls, and ensuring accurate financial reporting.Key responsibilities:

• Ownership of monthly management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow)
• Delivering insightful variance analysis with clear actions for site leadership
• Leading cost accounting, including product costing, job costing and overhead allocation
• Working closely with operations to improve margin, efficiency and cost control
• Managing inventory, WIP and raw material accounting, ensuring accurate billing and stock valuation
• Partnering with procurement and production to understand stock movements and material usage
• Supporting budgeting, forecasting and scenario planning
• Ownership of Capex and fixed asset processes
• Supporting audit, compliance and month/year-end processes
• Driving process improvements, controls and system enhancements
• Supporting AP, AR and credit control activities when required

Key requirements:

• Qualified (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) or strong Qualified By Experience (QBE)
• Proven experience within a manufacturing or site-based environment
• Strong understanding of inventory accounting, WIP and raw material costing (essential)
• Experience working closely with operations, production or supply chain teams
• Strong cost accounting and financial analysis capability
• Confident communicator, able to influence non-finance stakeholders
• Proactive, detail-oriented and comfortable in a hands-on role
• Strong Excel skills and experience with ERP systems (NetSuite/Power BI beneficial)

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