Assistant Financial Controller

The Opportunity

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Financial Controller to join a global manufacturing business and play a key role within the site finance team.

Reporting directly to the Financial Controller, you will act as their deputy and become a key member of both the finance and operational leadership teams. This is a highly visible role offering broad exposure across management accounting, costing, inventory accounting, business partnering and operational finance.

The successful candidate will gain significant exposure to senior stakeholders while developing the skills and experience needed to progress into a Financial Controller position in the future

The Role

Key Responsibilities

• Support the production of monthly management accounts and financial reporting.
• Deliver detailed variance analysis and provide meaningful commentary on business performance.
• Assist with budgeting, forecasting and cashflow planning activities.
• Maintain and review standard costing models across a complex manufacturing environment.
• Analyse labour, machine and manufacturing costs, ensuring standards remain accurate and relevant.
• Investigate manufacturing, inventory and operational variances.
• Support inventory accounting, stock control processes and year-end stock activities.
• Partner closely with operational teams to drive performance improvements and support decision-making.
• Assist with audit requirements, financial controls and compliance activities.
• Contribute to finance transformation projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Person

• Qualified, part-qualified or qualified by experience.
• Previous experience within manufacturing finance, management accounting, costing or operational finance.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Comfortable working closely with operational and non-finance stakeholders.
• Experience of inventory accounting and variance analysis.
• Strong Excel and ERP systems knowledge.
• SAP experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
• Ambitious and motivated to develop into a senior finance leadership role over time

Why this role?

• Clear progression path to Financial Controller.
• Opportunity to become the Financial Controller's number two.
• Significant exposure to both finance and operational leadership teams.
• Broad role combining management accounting, business partnering and manufacturing finance.
• Hybrid working, typically one to two days per week from home.
• Well-established global business with continued investment and growth plans.