An established and market leading Manufacturing business based in Runcorn are currently recruiting for a Finance Director. As a key part of the Executive Leadership team, you will have primary responsibility for managing all financial aspects of the business including providing accurate and timely reporting on the P&L, cashflow and Balance sheet of the business. Providing good financial governance, cash planning around working capital and investment requirements, financial analysis into key business decisions and driving a high-performance culture within the wider organisation is within the remit of the role.

Key responsibilities will include.

• To provide financial governance to the business, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and GAAP requirements
• Play a lead role in the development and board approval of regional and group budgets for Operating Profit, Cash Generation and Balance Sheet.
• Create and publish regular financial information, including financial forecasts, to support the management review process
• Engage with external providers to secure the funds necessary to support the working capital and investment needs of the business
• In your role as a business director, monitor business practises and actions to ensure the business is run ethically and with due consideration to all stakeholders
• Prepare and update monthly a rolling 3-month cash flow plan, working to avoid any liquidity issues
• Reconcile RM, FG & WIP stock movements through monthly stock takes to support the creation of accurate monthly financial reports
• Manage the AP and AR function, ensuring a robust and effective bookkeeping and reconciliation process
• Implement good performance management through the EDF process, individual objective setting, coaching, mentoring and holding to account your direct reports.
• Consolidate the Group’s monthly results and report them to the business’s shareholders
• Take responsibility for running the monthly payroll, ensuring all employees are paid as contracted
• Support the business’s IT and Purchasing functions, making sure that they are fit for purpose and aligned with both current and future needs of the business.
• Ensure that adequate appropriate insurance cover is in place by working with the company’s insurance brokers.
• Liaise with the independent financial auditors and tax advisors to compile and approve the annual audited statutory financial statements.
• To provide financial governance to the business, ensuring compliance with all regulatory and GAAP requirements
• Play a lead role in the development and board approval of regional and group budgets for Operating Profit, Cash Generation and Balance Sheet.
• Create and publish regular financial information, including financial forecasts, to support the management review process

In order to be considered for the position you must be a qualified Finance Director CIMA/ACA/ACCA with experience of working within manufacturing and an SME type environment.