Manufacturing Finance Manager in Selby

Finance Business Partner – Manufacturing

Salary: Up to £65,000 + 20% Bonus + Defined Benefit Pension

Location: Hybrid

Are you an experienced manufacturing finance professional looking to step away from the day‑to‑day production of numbers and into a role where you can genuinely influence how finance operates across multiple manufacturing sites?

We're partnering with a leading global manufacturer to recruit a Finance Business Partner who will play a key role in driving consistency, efficiency and best practice across UK manufacturing operations. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has a solid grounding in manufacturing finance and product costing but is more passionate about improving processes, partnering with stakeholders and shaping how finance supports operational performance.

The Role

Working as part of an international finance team, you'll partner with manufacturing sites across the UK, ensuring finance processes are standardised, efficient and aligned with global best practice. Rather than producing product costings yourself, you'll use your understanding of manufacturing finance to challenge, support and enhance existing processes, helping sites improve the quality of financial information and decision making.

You’ll collaborate with colleagues across Finance, Operations and Global Shared Services, making strong stakeholder management and communication skills essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with UK manufacturing sites to improve financial processes and drive operational excellence.
• Lead initiatives focused on process optimisation, standardisation and continuous improvement across manufacturing finance.
• Provide guidance and challenge around product costing methodologies, inventory and manufacturing performance.
• Build strong relationships with both UK and international stakeholders, acting as the link between local operations and the wider global finance function.
• Support the implementation and embedding of best practice across multiple sites.
• Work closely with ERP systems, with SAP experience being highly advantageous.

About You

You'll already have experience within a manufacturing environment and understand the principles of product costing, inventory and operational finance. However, what really excites you is using that knowledge to improve how finance operates rather than producing the numbers yourself.

You’ll ideally have:

• Experience within manufacturing finance or commercial finance supporting manufacturing operations.
• A strong understanding of product costing and manufacturing accounting principles.
• A passion for continuous improvement, finance transformation or operational excellence.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence colleagues at all levels, including global teams.
• SAP experience would be highly desirable.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) would be advantageous but is not essential for candidates with relevant experience.

What's on Offer?

• Salary up to £65,000
• 20% Annual Bonus
• Defined Benefit Pension – an increasingly rare benefit that provides long‑term financial security.
• The opportunity to influence finance across a large, international manufacturing business.
• Genuine scope to make a visible impact by driving improvements and best practice across multiple sites.

If you're looking for a role where your manufacturing finance expertise can be used to shape processes, influence stakeholders and improve business performance rather than simply produce the numbers this is an opportunity not to be missed.