Manufacturing Finance Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Our Major Client is a growing manufacturer of consumer goods. Because of his growtj, they need a Commercial Finance Manager for their corporate headquartes.

Here is the outline of your responsibilities:

The Finance Manager serves as an advisor and “hands-on” strategic business partner to the Business Unit Directors. This role is responsible for continuously challenging the businesses to drive strong financial performance in terms of both sales growth and profitability. The Finance Manager should have an eye towards continuous improvement and proactively lead efforts to identify opportunities and implement solutions.

A strong candidate for this role will be able to move seamlessly between time-sensitive, tactical financial work (e.g. month end reporting and financial analysis, monthly forecasts, annual budget) and more high-level commercial support (e.g. annual strategic plans, pricing strategy, and acquisition analysis.)

This person should be a highly-skilled finance professional who has a solid foundation in standard accounting principles, and now wants to use that knowledge to go beyond processing transactions and move into influencing decisions. The individual must be highly motivated, have strong planning and organizational skills, with the ability to effectively manage competing priorities and to communicate timelines and progress. In this role, it is critical to establish good working relationships with the commercial business teams, supply chain colleagues, and the finance & accounting teams.

The individual must have strong written and verbal communication skills and possess strong attention to detail, while comprehending the bigger picture.

A degree and 5 plus years financial analysis experience mmighrt get you an interview!