Financial Controller - Food Manufacturing
- Recruiter
- Recruitment Genius
- Location
- Warrington
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- 23 Jun 2017
- Closes
- 24 Jun 2017
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Warrington Area
Company Profile:
This company is a leading UK specialist in contract and direct manufacturing, working with household names in the food industry, major multiple retailers and food service sector. Their capability extends to R&D for clients.
A major change, improvement and growth programme has created an opportunity for a high level Financial Controller (FC) to lead the Financial Department, to ensure the right controls are in place for growth to continue and be sustainable in a highly competitive business sector.
The Job
The FC is responsible for the efforts, activities and results of the financial department. The FC reports to the MD on all financial and accounting matters whilst overseeing the financial team on day-to-day operations.
To include
- Maintaining a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
- Managing outsourced functions
- Overseeing the operations of the financial department, including the design of an organizational structure able to achieve its objectives
Key responsibilities include -
- Product costing
- Weekly yields/usages: analysis and investigation of variances, stock taking procedures and timing of events
- Weekly FLASH report generation: KPI's and labour costs
- Stock management: slow moving, No. of weeks stock, aged stock levels etc.
- Prepare budgets with cash flow and sales forecast
- Authorisation system levels and PO's
- Tax credits - proposals for projects
- Debtor control
- Capex justification process
- Key client contracts
Candidate Specification:
You will be a highly experienced FC with direct experience in the food sector or similar, probably gained in a similar sized or larger company. You will be a true leader and manager, able to take the finance team through a period of change and growth. Although a small team, your role as its leader will be critical.
As part of the Senior Management Team, you will have a strong understanding of how important the small things are in a high volume, low margin environment, where success is based on a thorough understanding of the numbers, backed by the ability to present the key data in a clear and timely manner.
Qualifications/Experience
- FCA/ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified or similar with a detailed understanding of cost accounting.
- Significant experience of leading and managing a finance team in a similar size or larger company
- Significant experience of working in the food industry and the pressures associated with it.
- Familiar with supplying major multiples and similar
- Familiar with Sage 200 Manufacturing
- Good general IT/Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
Personal qualities-
- Leadership/management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail, analytical, but can "see the big picture"
- Organisational ability
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving
- React positively to change
- Effective under pressure
- Understand "The numbers are everything" and able to present the critical facts plainly and simply.
Company Profile:
This company is a leading UK specialist in contract and direct manufacturing, working with household names in the food industry, major multiple retailers and food service sector. Their capability extends to R&D for clients.
A major change, improvement and growth programme has created an opportunity for a high level Financial Controller (FC) to lead the Financial Department, to ensure the right controls are in place for growth to continue and be sustainable in a highly competitive business sector.
The Job
The FC is responsible for the efforts, activities and results of the financial department. The FC reports to the MD on all financial and accounting matters whilst overseeing the financial team on day-to-day operations.
To include
- Maintaining a documented system of accounting policies and procedures
- Managing outsourced functions
- Overseeing the operations of the financial department, including the design of an organizational structure able to achieve its objectives
Key responsibilities include -
- Product costing
- Weekly yields/usages: analysis and investigation of variances, stock taking procedures and timing of events
- Weekly FLASH report generation: KPI's and labour costs
- Stock management: slow moving, No. of weeks stock, aged stock levels etc.
- Prepare budgets with cash flow and sales forecast
- Authorisation system levels and PO's
- Tax credits - proposals for projects
- Debtor control
- Capex justification process
- Key client contracts
Candidate Specification:
You will be a highly experienced FC with direct experience in the food sector or similar, probably gained in a similar sized or larger company. You will be a true leader and manager, able to take the finance team through a period of change and growth. Although a small team, your role as its leader will be critical.
As part of the Senior Management Team, you will have a strong understanding of how important the small things are in a high volume, low margin environment, where success is based on a thorough understanding of the numbers, backed by the ability to present the key data in a clear and timely manner.
Qualifications/Experience
- FCA/ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified or similar with a detailed understanding of cost accounting.
- Significant experience of leading and managing a finance team in a similar size or larger company
- Significant experience of working in the food industry and the pressures associated with it.
- Familiar with supplying major multiples and similar
- Familiar with Sage 200 Manufacturing
- Good general IT/Microsoft Office skills, especially Excel.
Personal qualities-
- Leadership/management skills
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Attention to detail, analytical, but can "see the big picture"
- Organisational ability
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving
- React positively to change
- Effective under pressure
- Understand "The numbers are everything" and able to present the critical facts plainly and simply.