Financial Controller
Location: Birmingham
Salary: £85,000–£95,000 (DOE)
Halliday Marx have embarked on a Retained Assignment to hire an exceptional Financial Controller to join a highly ambitious and rapidly scaling Manufacturing business.
Looking to join a business at a pivotal stage of growth and transformation?
Following a merger the company is expected to treble in size within 2-3 years through both organic growth and strategic acquisition. This is a hands-on leadership role for an experienced finance professional ready to take genuine ownership of the day-to-day finance function, with the commercial capability and ambition to grow into a Finance Director as the group scales.
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Managing Director and working alongside the CFO
- The Financial Controller will have full ownership of the operational finance function across the group, overseeing two accounts team members.
- Play a key role in ERP optimisation, finance process improvement, reporting improvements, and business integration.
- Work in a company where finance is a genuine strategic partner to growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Full ownership of day-to-day finance
- Accurate and timely monthly management information
- Cash flow forecasting, working capital management and financial planning
- Driving ERP consolidation and finance process improvement
- Leading automation initiatives and identifying opportunities to leverage AI in a modern finance and accounting tech stack
- Genuine business partnering with operational, engineering and commercial teams
- Managing and developing finance and accounts staff
- Supporting the Managing Director with tailored management information
- Strengthening controls and finance infrastructure as the group scales
Manufacturing & Operational Finance:
A strong manufacturing or engineering background is desirable.The successful candidate will have hands-on experience of:
- WIP reporting and controls
- Bills of materials, manufacturing costing and margin analysis
- Sales order flow through ERP systems
- Inventory and stock reporting
- Multi-site operational finance.
You will be equally comfortable on the shop floor and in the boardroom and powerful communication skills are highly desirable.
The Candidate:
- You are likely an experienced Financial Controller or Finance Manager from a manufacturing or engineering environment
- Technically strong across reporting, forecasting and controls, and commercially minded.
- You will be experienced with ERP systems — ideally Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central — and a proven driver of automation and process improvement.
- Ambition to develop, learn and progress to Finance Director as principal commercial lead within the business is desirable.
Location & Working Pattern:
The role is based in the Birmingham area with occasional travel between this and other locations.One to two remote working days per week are available but preference is for a leadership candidate that likes to be surrounded by their team and involved in day to day decisions.
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