Operations Finance Analyst

Role

Operations FP&A Analyst

£Competitive

Burton on Trent, Staffordshire (DE13 8EN
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Monday to Thursday 08:00 to 16:30pm and Friday 08:00am to 13:00pm, 37 hours per week

Permanent, Full-Time

This role sits at the intersection of Finance and Operations and is designed to progressively evolve the site to a forward-looking Operations Finance model. The Operations Finance Analyst acts as a finance business partner to site leadership, supporting manufacturing, field services and engineering teams with cost visibility, performance analysis and decision support, while ensuring strong cost discipline, inventory control and capital governance.

• Perform monthly variance analysis (material, labour, overhead, volume and mix) and translate results into clear operational insights and actions, including headcount analysis reporting.
• Support Variable Cost Productivity (VCP), cost-out and productivity initiatives.
• Provide financial analysis and ad hoc support for operations, field services and engineering activities, including backlog, throughput, and cost drivers.
• Support standard cost setting and annual cost roll processes, ensuring accuracy and transparency.
• Monitor inventory performance, including excess and obsolete inventory, slow moving items and inventory turns.
• Partner with supply chain and operations to improve working capital performance through better inventory discipline.
• Contribute to PPV analysis and sourcing deflation tracking.
• Provide finance support to sourcing and procurement activities, including cost analysis and supplier insights.
• Track and analyse capital expenditures, ensuring alignment with approved business cases.

• Either qualified by experience or part/fully qualified with ACA, CIMA, ACCA.
• Experience in a manufacturing environment is desirable but not essential.
• Experienced with presenting financial data.
• IT literate and fully conversant with all Microsoft office applications and MRP.
• Excellent organisational and prioritising skills.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We welcome talent of all backgrounds, experiences, and identities, including race, gender, age, disability, veteran status and more. Must have legal authorisation to work in the UK. Must not request mandatory visa sponsorship. We provide accommodation as needed.