Birmingham
Accounting, Finance
Permanent | Full Time
ASAP
30/09/2024
21/10/2024
Fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Site Financial Controller to join an FMCG Manufacturing business based in Birmingham. This opportunity offers significant progression and growth options.
Responsibilities:
* Review and challenge site spend for all direct costs or indirect costs.
* Conduct monthly cost reviews with key budget holders and drive cost efficiencies within the business
* Key variances to budget to be explained and YTD variances to be minimised by working in conjunction with budget holders
* Develop the standard operations KPI pack for site weekly and monthly in conjunction with Business Improvement Manager and Site General Manager
* Weekly review and reporting of the standard operations KPIs along with insightful commentary and explanations to any material or key variances to agreed targets
* Monthly bridge of costs - actual vs budget and actual vs forecast for month and YTD as well as MoM with insightful commentary, highlighting any material or key variances and any corrective actions
* Drive improvements in manufacturing performance alongside the site management team and Business Improvement Manager
* Understand and challenge yield variances, throughput, staffing levels
* Ensure work orders are reviewed for appropriateness in terms of inputs e.g. raw material goods issues, labour and machine hour time confirmations and outputs
* Understand make vs buy trade-off with respect to costs or other considerations and ensure that these are clearly communicated to Site General Manager and Operations Finance Controller
* Responsible for all product costs relating to site.
* Monitoring and alignment of bill of materials (BOM)
* Product costing for new product developments and introductions (NPD/NPI)
* Work with site management to optimize and safeguard inventory e.g. processes to control inventory flow throughout factory and on-site warehouse, setting appropriate safety stock levels, sensible production plans in the context of current stock levels, planned downtime and historical/forecast sales etc.
* Management of financial aspects of site CAPEX process through timely submission of capital projects, monthly tracking of cashflows and commissioning completed projects
* Ensure all capital spend captured as CAPEX and not OPEX
* Financial modelling scenarios - strategic and operational
Requirements:
* Qualified Accountant ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent
* Previous experience in FMCG / Manufacturing environment
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