Finance Manager

We're looking for a proactive, commercially minded Finance Manager join our clients West Midlands manufacturing site during an exciting period of change. This is a hands-on role offering real scope to shape financial control, improve processes, and play a key part in a major IT systems transformation.

If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves, working close to operations, and being involved in both finance and systems development, this could be a great fit.

The Role

Reporting into Group Finance, you will support the development of robust financial and information systems at site level, helping drive performance and prepare the business for the implementation of new business systems (TBC and Sage 200).

This is a broad and evolving role, ideal for someone who thrives in a manufacturing environment and wants to make a visible impact.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Reporting

• Manage day-to-day site finance operations, including ledgers, month-end journals, and management accounts
• Prepare monthly financial reporting and submit trial balances to Group Finance within deadlines
• Produce accurate accruals, prepayments, and cost allocations
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts, including maintaining the fixed asset register
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis

Systems Implementation & Data Integrity

• Play a key site role in supporting the implementation of new business and finance systems (TBC and Sage 200)
• Map existing product and transactional data into new systems
• Audit and align product codes, bills of materials (BOMs), and sales invoice data
• Support data migration and ensure finance and operational processes integrate effectively
• Work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure a smooth system transition

Commercial & Operational Support

• Work closely with operational teams to understand production flows and cost drivers
• Develop and maintain robust processes for receipting goods and matching to purchase orders
• Allocate costs accurately to production processes
• Provide commercially relevant insights to support site management decision-making

About You

Qualifications

• Part-qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA) or qualified by experience

Essential Experience & Skills

• Experience in a manufacturing environment (ideally timber or packaging)
• Strong understanding of BOMs and manufacturing costing
• Solid knowledge of management accounts, accruals, and cost allocation
• Comfortable working with legacy systems and driving process improvements
• Intermediate Excel skills

Desirable

• Experience supporting system implementations or data migration
• Familiarity with Sage 200 and manufacturing IT systems
• Project or change management experience