At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead site finance, drive profitability, and support operational decision-making.
- Company: Join a dynamic logistics company with a focus on growth and innovation.
- Benefits: Enjoy competitive salary, enhanced annual leave, pension, and health plans.
- Other info: Full-time on-site role with career development opportunities and travel to other sites.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in finance while collaborating with diverse teams.
- Qualifications: Qualified accountant with strong analytical and financial control skills.
The predicted salary is between 46688 - 57063 £ per year.
We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Site Finance Manager to join our growing fulfilment operation. This is a key on-site finance leadership role where you will act as the trusted finance business partner to operational, commercial and senior management teams, ensuring strong financial control while driving profitability and operational performance.
This opportunity is ideal for a qualified accountant who has experience within logistics, warehousing, distribution, transport or ecommerce fulfilment environments and enjoys working closely with operational teams to turn data into meaningful business insight.
- Partnering with site management to support financial performance and operational decision-making.
- Producing weekly and monthly financial reports, forecasts and management information.
- Managing revenue, margin and cost reporting to ensure accurate financial performance measurement.
- Maintaining strong balance sheet controls, reconciliations and financial governance.
- Supporting customer reporting, invoice reconciliations and aged debt management.
- Driving process improvements and identifying risks and opportunities across the operation.
- Providing clear financial insight and challenge to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
Additional Information:
- This is a full-time, on-site role. Some travel to other Whistl sites may be required to support business needs.
- Annual leave enhanced with long service.
- Company Pension.
- Long service rewards: both financial and leave-based.
- Health cash plan.
- Life assurance scheme.
- Critical Illness cover.
- Career development opportunities.
- Access to a well-established Employee Assistance Programme provider.
Qualifications:
- Qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent experience).
- Strong management accounting and financial control background.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to investigate trends, variances and financial performance.
- Commercial awareness and the ability to connect operational activity with financial outcomes.
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting, audit support and balance sheet management.
- Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, lookups and financial modelling.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience with Microsoft Business Central (Navision) or similar finance systems.
- Proven experience in financial control, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting within a logistics, distribution, supply chain, or manufacturing environment.
- Strong analytical skills and a keen eye for detail, with the ability to interpret complex financial data and communicate insights clearly to non-finance colleagues.
- Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, able to build effective relationships at all levels.
- Confident IT user, with advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and experience with finance/ERP systems.
- Flexibility to travel to other sites as required.
If you’re ready to take ownership of site finance and make a real difference in a dynamic, market-leading business, we’d love to hear from you.
Construction Finance Manager employer: Whistl
Join a dynamic and supportive team in Bedford, where we prioritise employee growth and development. As a Team Leader, you'll benefit from a collaborative work culture that values innovation and excellence, alongside opportunities for career advancement and skill enhancement. Our commitment to maintaining high operational standards ensures a rewarding environment where your contributions are recognised and valued.
