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 operationalRequirements:

Qualified Accountant ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent
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