Senior Financial Controller -12 month FTC in Stonehouse

We are Mller UK & Ireland, a family-run dairy business and experts in our field. Dairy is a key part of a healthy and balanced diet, and we are proud to help meet the nutritional needs of millions of people every day. Our business is split into two areas: Mller Milk & Ingredients (MMI) and Mller Yogurt & Desserts (MYD). Join MMI and step into a culture that is fast-paced and full of opportunity. With great benefits, exciting challenges, and a dream team of people, this is your chance to make a real impact.

As the UK's most popular dairy brand, we are focused on creating a more sustainable dairy future and helping millions of people reach for our branded and private label products on shelves everywhere. Join a culture full of pace that is bold and entrepreneurial, with opportunities that are yours for the taking.

Position: Senior Financial Controller (12-month fixed term) – Location is flexible on a hybrid model (3 days per week on site). Contract: Full-Time, 12 months. Hours: Monday–Friday, 40 hours.

As Senior Financial Controller, you will provide financial decision-making support and act as finance lead in driving improvements in site performance. You will ensure site budgets, capital investments, and three-year plans are optimised and act as a business partner to the Head of Manufacturing.

Your challenge for the Senior Financial Controller:

• Hold fiduciary responsibility for all materials and assets owned by the company on the site.
• Develop and maintain a system of financial control aligned with company policies and procedures to enable fiduciary responsibility.
• Ensure correct recording of all types of inventories (R&M, Milk, Ingredients, etc.) in the company's financial systems.
• Own the site balance sheet.
• Ensure accurate recording of materials consumption and that financial systems report site usage, wastage, and variances.
• Bridge site performance to prior period and forecasts.
• Support Commercial teams with new tenders.
• Manage, maintain and review the Bill of Materials and other product costing models, and update BOMs to maintain accuracy.
• Close the books for the site each month and ensure management accounts report income, expenditures, and closing balance sheet accurately.
• Provide the site management team and MMI leadership with clear, timely, and accurate analysis of financial performance and its impact.
• Drive and manage standardized financial KPIs for the site and report them to site management and MMI leadership on a daily/weekly/monthly cycle.
• Explain site milk costs on a monthly basis.
• Report site financial operational performance with clear reporting to site leadership.
• Review and drive improvements in site forecasting and performance metrics.
• Act as a business partner to the local site manager, ensuring independence is maintained.
• Independently support line manager/senior manufacturing team in identifying and challenging local site performance.
• Coordinate and facilitate the detailed budget and forecasting process of the site, including explaining business impacts to internal, functional, and group colleagues.
• Evaluate and continuously review investment opportunities for the site and support wider team in reviewing network design options.
• Support SKU/Product Family rationalisation opportunities (within/across sites).
• Provide robust financial modelling and systems solutions to new business opportunities across all manufacturing processes of the site.
• Drive improvements in operational budgeting such as bottom-up resource planning.
• Support in customer profitability analysis.
• Collaborate with other controllers as a single team to present consistent reports across sites and ensure information is presented in a standard, professional manner.
• Lead the site finance team and work with the Central Finance team to ensure timely updates to financial systems and reports.

Key skills & experience:

• Qualified Accountant with 5+ years PQE.
• Proven experience in FMCG.
• Ability to operate at all levels and influence decision making.
• Excellent communication skills and a strong team orientation.
• Experience managing a team and working as a business partner with site leadership.
• Self-starter with initiative and adaptability to new areas.
• MMI core values alignment.

If you have the skills and experience in the above areas and would like to be considered for this role, please apply at www.mullercareers.co.uk.