Working pattern: 5 days per week on site
Contract: Interim, Day rate
Sector: Manufacturing
** This position requires 5 days per week in the office. The office is located between Bicester and Banbury. Parking is available **
Our client is a small manufacturing business based in Oxfordshire that is looking to appoint an experienced Interim Finance Director to support the business.
This is a hands on role not only supporting senior leadership whilst also ensuring monthly management account preparation.
You will take ownership of day-to-day finance operations, improve controls, support month-end reporting, and provide clear financial insight to senior leadership.
Key responsibilities
- Lead the month-end close process, ensuring accurate and timely reporting
- Produce management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations, cash flow reporting and variance analysis
- Strengthen financial controls, processes and reporting disciplines across the business
- Support budgeting, forecasting and working capital management
- Partner with operational and manufacturing teams to improve visibility of cost, margin and performance
- Deliver budgets, forecasts and business planning
- Support inventory, stock, WIP and standard costing processes
- Prepare financial information for senior management, board reporting and external stakeholders
- Lead with audit, tax, compliance and ad hoc finance projects as required
The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant, with proven experience in a Financial director role within a manufacturing environment.
Requirements
- Previous experience in a manufacturing
- Qualified Accountant
- Finance Director level and happy to be hands on ( prepare Management Accounts whilst FTE is hired)
- Strong month-end, reporting and financial control experience
- Good understanding of stock, WIP, costings and margin analysis
- Comfortable working in a high-growth, fast-moving SME or mid-market environment
- Strong Excel and systems skillsAvailable to work 5 days per week on site in Oxfordshire
- Able to start at short notice or immediately
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