Financial Manager in Bury St Edmunds

As Financial Controller & FP&A Manager you are responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting operations, financial controls, and compliance, while also leading financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis. This role partners closely with senior leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, and data-driven decision-making to support business growth and profitability.

• Oversee day-to-day accounting operations including GL, AP, AR, Fixed Asset register, Credit Control and month-end close
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements (including UKI consolidation)
• Maintain strong internal controls and ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulatory requirements
• Manage audits, tax filings, and coordination with external auditors and advisors
• Own balance sheet integrity and reconciliations together with cash flow and working capital management
• Develop and improve accounting policies, procedures, and financial controls
• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts, and long-range financial planning
• Analyse financial performance versus budget, forecast, and prior periods
• Develop financial models, scenario analysis, and business cases for capital projects/strategic initiatives
• Prepare management reports, dashboards, and board-level presentations
• Partner with department heads to track KPIs, spending, and business performance
• Provide insights on profitability, cost management, and growth opportunities

• Recognised accounting qualification
• 7–10+ years of experience in accounting, controllership, and FP&A roles
• Strong knowledge of accounting standards (GAAP / IFRS)
• Advanced financial modelling and Excel skills; experience with ERP and planning systems (ideally J D Edwards and Onestream)
• Proven experience managing audits, budgets, and forecasts
• Strong communication skills with the ability to present to senior leadership

We offer an attractive salary and benefits package and as part of a global organization can offer career opportunities internationally. As Masters of Malt we want to be a great employer, focusing on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration and health and wellbeing. We live our values, putting people at the heart of what we do.

• “Strive” - our ambition is to be the best maltster that’s why every day we commit to challenge ourselves to achieve the highest level.
• “Care” - our strength is magnificent when we care for our earth, our colleagues and our business partners. We encourage trust, respect and treat each other with respect. We believe that Diversity makes us stronger.
• “Inspire” - We adopt a long-term orientation delivering sustainable performance through innovation and digitization, becoming praised Masters of Malt.
• “Explore” – thinking out of the box and embracing pioneer ideas to become a source of motivation, we like challenging the status quo to develop full potential.

The company BOORTMALT is a global malting company with a 3 million tonnes production capacity. The group is present on 5 continents with 27 malting plants. Boortmalt's expertise is widely acknowledged by brewers, distillers, and food industries, who rely on the supply of top-quality barley malts. The Boortmalt Group is a fully owned subsidiary of the agricultural and agribusiness cooperative Axereal. Our relationship with Axereal, Europe’s largest grain cooperative, ensures us access to high-quality barley year-round.