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Our client based in Whitehaven has a rare & exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Controller to join the team. This is an excellent opportunity to join a very reputable, established employer who are a global leader within their industry.

The Financial Controller will be responsible for continuously improving business methods and providing excellent analysis that can be the basis for strategic decisions. They will identify key actions both within the business and individual customers whilst looking for prospects that will improve the profitability of the business. The post holder will manage the financial aspects of operations to a level of excellence and develop the finance team to achieve their full potential. The role supports the General Manager and sits within the Senior Management Team in commercial and strategic decision making.

The key responsibilities will include:

• Ensure that all financial and management reporting is of high quality and produced on a timely basis.
• Ensure that the site has robust balance sheet controls.
• Ensure that the production of budgets and forecasts are accurate and reliable.
• Design and monitor processes to ensure divisional and group policies are followed, and that audit ratings are of a high standard.
• Undertake business analysis and advise the local management on business mix, cost structure and capital base. Initiate and manage projects to improve business control and profitability, prioritising such projects based on business impact.
• Network and work with other site controllers to identify and action projects to benefit all sites.
• Manage costing systems and ensure that effective business controls are in place to ensure costs are controlled and profit maximised.
• Use benchmarking information to ensure improvement opportunities within administration and production are identified and acted upon.
• Manage the site relationship with the Shared Service Centre and act as local contact for input and judgements relating the company's financial results before they are released to senior management.
• Manage issues relating to auditors and legal advisers.
• Appraise all major capital proposals before they are submitted for board approval.
• Ensure that the working capital of the business is minimised, and cash flow maximised.
• Participate in the Health and Safety Programme of the site including management health checks.

Experience/skills required

To be considered for the role you will require a recognised accountancy qualification Professional Accounting Qualification (ICAEW/CIMA/ACCA/CIPFA or equivalent) and will need to be able to demonstrate the following:

• Experience of working at Senior Management level
• People Management skills and experience
• Manufacturing accounts experience
• Strong IT skills, working knowledge of Accounting, and Microsoft packages
• Confident, strong minded and interactive
• Good command of English language
• SAP knowledge would be an advantage
• Sound knowledge and experience of management accounting in a large organisation
• Awareness and understanding of business and pricing mechanisms and the effect of decision making within the business
• Firm, fair and able to manage day to day issues
• Problem solving both internally and externally
• Confident and diplomatic with customers, suppliers and team members
• Assertive and persuasive while remaining approachable
• Management of department and team with compliance policies and procedures, and best practice
• Organisational skills
• Ability to manage work to deadlines and manage this within the team, minimizing conflict
• Ability to analyse and explain variances to expected outcomes
• Work with a high degree of accuracy
• Ability to plan long term and provide solutions to new and existing problems
• Ability to think outside the box when analysing problems
• Resolving queries to a successful outcome
• Consistent and reliable performer
• Ability to manage and resolve difficult situations
• Willingness to learn and develop skills to fulfil maximum potential
• Continually looking at ways of improving business performance
• Ability to see tasks and projects through to their final outcomes and provide conclusions on the results

Adecco acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and an employment business for the supply of temporary workers. The Adecco Group UK & Ireland is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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