Senior Finance Manager

A global market leading consumer goods business are looking for an experienced interim Senior Finance Manager with proven in the manufacturing and/or consumer goods industry. The business require an experienced qualified accountant to come in to make an immediate impact and lead on key accounting projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Deliver accurate management accounts, forecasts, and variance analysis.
• Track and control manufacturing costs, including materials, labour, and overheads.
• Support month-end processes and ensure timely financial reporting.
• Collaborate with operational managers to drive cost efficiency and business performance.
• Provide practical, actionable insights to senior management.
• Oversee the preparation of monthly project costing, recharges and comparison to budget with variance analysis.
• Preparing weekly cashflows for subsidiaries .
• Preparing monthly reporting packs and various balance sheet.
• VAT and intrastate reporting.
• Support Commercial teams with information used for budgeting and forecasting.

Person Requirements:

• Fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA).
• Proven experience in manufacturing and/or consumer goods
• Strong knowledge of cost accounting, inventory, and production processes.
• Highly analytical, proactive, and able to work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communicator, comfortable presenting financial insights to non-finance colleagues.