At a Glance
- Tasks: Own month-end accounting and enhance finance processes in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Company: Ambitious SME manufacturing business with exciting growth plans.
- Benefits: Competitive day rate, local onsite work, and opportunities for impactful contributions.
- Other info: Ideal for those who thrive on process improvement and collaboration.
- Why this job: Join a small team and make a real difference in financial management and reporting.
- Qualifications: ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified with experience in manufacturing and inventory management.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 55000 £ per year.
This role sits within a small finance team and is responsible for taking full ownership of all month end accounting/reporting as well as system and process improvement activities.
This is also suited to someone who has worked in a manufacturing environment with experience of inventory management and product costing.
Client Details
My client are a manufacturing business in the SME space and have ambitious growth plans over the next 3-5 years.
- Description
- Deliver accurate and timely monthly management accounts and take ownership of the month-end close process
- Complete balance sheet reconciliations and maintain strong financial controls
- Prepare VAT returns
- Produce weekly cash flow forecasts
- Produce insightful sales, margin and profitability reporting
- Support budgeting, forecasting and business planning
- Develop KPI reporting for operational and senior management teams
- Identify opportunities to improve profitability and working capital
- Develop meaningful inventory reporting
- Improve stock controls and reporting accuracy
- Support implementation of an enhanced costing methodology
- Improve finance processes.
- Support automation and reporting improvements.
- Enhance management information.
- Help build a finance function capable of supporting the next stage of business growth
- Profile
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified
- Experienced within manufacturing, distribution or another product-based business
- Commercially curious and naturally analytical.
- Comfortable working with colleagues outside Finance.
- Confident improving processes rather than simply maintaining them
- Experience of inventory accounting, product costing or ERP systems would be a significant advantage
- Job Offer
This is a day rate position (inside IR35) and is paying a very competitive rate. Applicants should be based locally as this role requires 5 days a week onsite in Gloucester
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Interim Finance Manager in Gloucester employer: Michael Page
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