Finance Manager

Overview

We're looking for a proactive, commercially minded Finance Manager to join our client's West Midlands manufacturing site during an exciting period of change. This is a hands-on role offering real scope to shape financial control, improve processes, and play a key part in a major IT systems transformation. If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, working close to operations, and being involved in both finance and systems development, this could be a great fit.

• Financial Management & Reporting
  • Manage day-to-day site finance operations, including ledgers, month-end journals, and management accounts
  • Prepare monthly financial reporting and submit trial balances to Group Finance within deadlines
  • Produce accurate accruals, prepayments, and cost allocations
  • Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including maintaining the fixed asset register
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
• Systems Implementation & Data Integrity
  • Play a key site role in supporting the implementation of new business and finance systems (TBC and Sage 200)
  • Map existing product and transactional data into new systems
  • Audit and align product codes, bills of materials (BOMs), and sales invoice data
  • Support data migration and ensure finance and operational processes integrate effectively
  • Work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure a smooth system transition
• Commercial & Operational Support
  • Work closely with operational teams to understand production flows and cost drivers
  • Develop and maintain robust processes for receipting goods and matching to purchase orders
  • Allocate costs accurately to production processes
  • Provide commercially relevant insights to support site management decision-making

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience
• Essential Experience & Skills
  • Experience in a manufacturing environment (ideally timber or packaging)
  • Strong understanding of BOMs and manufacturing costing
  • Solid knowledge of management accounts, accruals, and cost allocation
  • Comfortable working with legacy systems and driving process improvements
  • Intermediate Excel skills
• Desirable
  • Experience supporting system implementations or data migration
  • Familiarity with Sage 200 and manufacturing IT systems
  • Project or change management experience