Senior Finance Analyst

CMC Consulting are partnering with an industry-leading UK manufacturing business whose continued growth has created the need for an additional commercially minded finance professional. This role is centred on delivering meaningful insight, influencing decision-making, and building strong cross‑functional partnerships to drive performance and support strategic objectives.

• Build strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders across multiple functions, acting as a trusted financial partner to support operational and strategic decision‑making.
• Collaborate closely with department leaders to shape functional cost plans, including headcount, utilisation, and overheads, ensuring financial plans align with operational priorities.
• Partner with the business to develop forward‑looking forecasts and plans that drive accountability, highlight risks and opportunities, and promote efficiency.
• Work alongside operational teams to embed more effective workload planning into forecasting, strengthening alignment between financial insight and business activity.
• Support greater consistency in planning and reporting by working with stakeholders to improve clarity, transparency, and understanding of financial performance.
• Act as the key finance interface between Project Management, Business Development, and Operations to enable informed decisions around manufacturing capacity and resource planning.
• Provide insightful analysis and commentary to Senior Leadership Team forums, including Rate Review Boards, to support performance discussions and strategic direction.
• Partner with programme and investment owners to ensure capital expenditure and change initiatives are financially robust and aligned with business priorities.
• Support stakeholders in developing strong, insight‑led business cases and investment proposals to enable confident and informed decision‑making.

• Degree educated (or equivalent professional experience).
• Actively studying towards an accounting qualification (CIMA, ACCA or ACA).
• Minimum of three years' experience within finance or accounting‑based roles, with exposure to planning, reporting or analysis.
• Confident translating detailed financial information into concise, meaningful insights tailored for senior leadership teams.
• Comfortable working with finance systems and data tools.

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Applicants must be eligible to work in the UK.

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