This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and ambitious manufacturing group experiencing significant growth. As part of a collaborative Finance Team, you will play a key role in shaping the financial future of the business through high‑quality planning, analysis, and strategic insight. This role is
This role is ideal for someone hungry to progress, commercially minded, and eager to develop into a future. This role has fantastic future prospects, and will be working with a well respected manufacturing business with strong history locally.
As this is a multi site business, you will be expected to travel to the other site in Suffolk, you will also benefit from hybrid work from home. The primary base will be in Felixstowe.
About the Role
You will support the business with financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and performance analysis across multiple sites. Working closely with senior leadership and operational teams, you will provide the insight and challenge needed to drive profitability, efficiency, and strategic decision‑making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the annual budgeting process.
- Develop and maintain rolling forecasts aligned to business performance and strategy.
- Produce timely, accurate management reports.
- Analyse variances, identify trends, and highlight risks and opportunities.
- Work closely with operational leaders to analyse costing models and key metrics.
- Challenge performance, support decision‑making, and drive operational efficiency.
- Deliver financial modelling and analysis for strategic projects, investments, and potential M&A activity.
- Identify, track, and report on KPIs aligned to business goals and growth plans.
- Assist with month‑end close activities and group reporting requirements.
About YouQualifications
- ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified or part‑qualified, with relevant experience.
Skills & Experience
- Strong Excel and financial modelling capability.
- Experience producing management information and performance analysis.
- Exposure to costing models, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Manufacturing sector experience is highly desirable.
- Confident communicator with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Commercially minded with strong analytical thinking.
Attributes
- Ambitious, proactive, and eager to grow your career.
- Motivated by continuous improvement and operational excellence.
- Collaborative, open‑minded, and able to work effectively with cross‑functional teams.
- Able to make timely decisions and involve the right people in the process.
- A self‑starter who actively seeks opportunities to add value.
Great to Have
- Experience within a manufacturing or product based environment.
- Knowledge of Sage 200 (desirable).
Why Join?
- Be part of a rapidly expanding manufacturing group with significant investment and growth plans.
- Genuine opportunity to shape the FP&A function and progress into senior leadership.
- Exposure to strategic projects, operational decision‑making, and group‑level reporting.
- Fantastic benefits including Christmas shutdown, income protection, employee assistance programme, 25 days holiday + bank holidays, free eye test, sabbatical, volunteering policy, death in service, parental leave increase and much more.
- A supportive, forward‑thinking environment where ambition is recognised and rewarded.
