Grafton Banks Finance is working with a successful and growing international manufacturing business to recruit a Financial Controller for its manufacturing plant, based near Croydon.

The role will lead the financial and management accounting for the manufacturing plant and will partner the manufacturing team to deliver all cost accounting, reporting, and associated analysis.

To be considered for this role applicants must have an accounting background in the manufacturing industry and will be able to evidence strong skills in accounting for and managing standard costs. Strong stakeholder management skills are also essential. Ideally you will be qualified, although if you have strong manufacturing and standard cost experience and aren’t qualified then we would be keen to hear from you.

Key tasks:

• Close the monthly and annual accounts in all matters related to the manufacturing plant including the monthly cost and stock analysis.
• Provide all relevant budget and forecast data related to the plant operations.
• Support the manufacturing team in designing and producing monthly cost reports by identifying meaningful cost variances / Financial KPIs and creating cost reports, monitoring key cost variances, highlighting trends, and analysing causes of unexpected variances.
• Manage and maintain the costing system, updating costs where appropriate and allocating/absorbing fixed overheads so that the costing system provides a reliable basis for management decision making.
• Manage the financial element of the stock system, including stock valuation, monitoring stock usage, calculation of stock provisions and financial management of stocktakes.
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and project work such as product profitability or capital investment appraisal.

Salary for range for this role is up to £80,000 and benefits include 5% bonus, share incentive scheme, enhanced pension contributions, and 25 days holiday. The role is hybrid working with 2-3 days expected in the offices.