Finance Manager

Drive Financial Performance. Influence Operations. Shape The Future

We're working with a highly respected and growing UK FMCG business to recruit an Operations Finance Manager for one of its key production sites.

This really is a fantastic opportunity for a commercially minded finance professional who enjoys working closely with operational teams rather than sitting behind spreadsheets.

You’ll become a trusted business partner to senior site leadership, helping drive profitability, operational efficiency and strategic decision making across a fast‑paced manufacturing environment.

If you’re someone who enjoys challenging the status quo, influencing stakeholders and turning financial insight into business performance, we’d love to hear from you.

This is far more than a traditional finance role. You’ll sit at the heart of the operation, partnering with senior leaders across manufacturing, engineering and supply chain to improve profitability, optimise costs and support investment decisions.

You’ll provide the financial leadership that enables the site to make better commercial decisions while helping deliver continuous improvement across people, processes and performance.

• Acting as the key finance partner to the Site Leadership Team
• Providing commercial insight that supports operational decision making
• Challenging and supporting budget holders to improve financial performance
• Identifying opportunities to improve EBITDA, reduce costs and optimise efficiency
• Supporting payroll processes and ensuring robust financial controls
• Providing financial input into production planning and S&OP activity
• Supporting strategic and business improvement projects

• Producing weekly and monthly management reporting
• Leading forecasting, budgeting and quarterly reforecasts
• Monitoring business risks and opportunities
• Supporting capital investment appraisals and Cap Ex reporting
• Driving improvements through standardisation, automation and smarter reporting

• Ensuring strong governance and financial controls across site operations
• Maintaining robust balance sheet reconciliations
• Supporting compliance with group finance policies and delegated authorities

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
• Experienced within FMCG, or another fast‑paced manufacturing environment
• A confident Finance Business Partner with strong commercial awareness
• Experienced within operational or manufacturing finance
• Comfortable influencing senior stakeholders across multiple departments
• Experience of TM1 or M3 would be advantageous but isn’t essential.

• Builds credibility quickly with operational teams
• Enjoys solving commercial problems
• Challenges constructively while maintaining strong relationships
• Thrives in fast‑moving environments
• Has a continuous improvement mindset
• Communicates financial information in a way everyone understands
• Wants to make a genuine impact on business performance

This is an opportunity to join a well‑established UK manufacturer that continues to invest in its people, operations and future growth.

You’ll work alongside an experienced leadership team where finance is viewed as a genuine business partner rather than simply a reporting function.

The role offers real visibility, influence and the chance to shape operational performance while developing your own career within a supportive and progressive environment.

• £70,000 salary
• Competitive benefits package
• Hybrid pattern
• Career development opportunities
• Collaborative and supportive leadership team
• Opportunity to influence strategic decision making

If you’re looking for an Operations Finance role where you can genuinely influence performance and partner with senior stakeholders, we’d love to hear from you. Contact ReQuire Consultancy today for a confidential conversation.