Finance Manager

Every improvement you make has the potential to increase profitability, strengthen financial control and influence operational decisions across the business. This Finance Manager opportunity offers the chance to work alongside senior leaders, turning insight into meaningful commercial results within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. Working from the Tenbury Wells site, with occasional travel to the Seaham office, you'll become a trusted business partner across production, procurement, operations, sales and supply chain, helping to drive performance through robust management, accurate reporting and continuous improvement.What's in it for you\n

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• Salary of £55,000–£60,000 per annum.
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• A varied role with genuine influence across operational and commercial decision-making.
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• The opportunity to work closely with senior stakeholders across multiple business functions.
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• A position where you can lead process improvements and help shape best practice.
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• Office-based role with approximately one day per month travel to the Seaham site.
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• The chance to support a growing manufacturing operation focused on operational excellence.
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Your responsibilities as Finance Manager\n

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• Lead month-end reporting, management accounts, KPI reporting and board reporting packs.
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• Partner with operational teams to improve profitability through commercial analysis and insight.
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• Take ownership of manufacturing costing, production variance analysis and performance reporting.
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• Manage budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and planning activities.
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• Oversee inventory controls including stock reconciliations, stocktakes, valuation and ageing analysis.
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• Strengthen financial controls, support audits, improve finance processes and contribute to ERP system development.
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What we're looking for in a Finance Manager\n

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• Professional accountancy qualification such as ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent is preferred.
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• Strong knowledge of manufacturing accounting, costing and operational finance.
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• Experience of budgeting, forecasting, inventory accounting and reporting.
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• Advanced Excel skills with the ability to analyse and present meaningful data.
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• Experience partnering with operational management to improve commercial performance.
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Working Hours Full-time, office-based with travel to the Seaham office approximately once per month. If you're ready to make a genuine commercial impact and develop your career in a business where your expertise will influence key operational decisions, we'd love to hear from you about this Finance Manager opportunity.Candidate Source Ltd is an advertising agency. Once you have submitted your application it will be passed to the third party Recruiter who is responsible for processing your application. This will include holding and sharing your personal data, our legal basis for this is legitimate interest subject to your declared interest in a job. Our privacy policy can be found on our website and we can be contacted to confirm who your application has been forwarded to.