A market leading food manufacturing business are looking for a senior level Manufacturing Finance Manager on an interim basis for 6 months. This role will act as the Site Controller within the manufacturing plant based in Leicester and be responsible for business partnering the operations function with cost control and improving efficiencies.

Key Responsibilities:

Review and challenge site spend for all direct costs or indirect costs.
Conduct monthly cost reviews with key budget holders and drive cost efficiencies within the business
Key variances to budget to be explained and YTD variances to be minimised by working in conjunction with budget holders
Develop the standard operations KPI pack for site weekly and monthly in conjunction with Business Improvement Manager and Site General Manager
Weekly review and reporting of the standard operations KPIs along with insightful commentary and explanations to any material or key variances to agreed targets
Monthly bridge of costs - actual vs budget and actual vs forecast for month and YTD as well as MoM with insightful commentary, highlighting any material or key variances and any corrective actions
Drive improvements in manufacturing performance alongside the site management team and Business Improvement Manager
Understand and challenge yield variances, throughput, staffing levels
Ensure work orders are reviewed for appropriateness in terms of inputs e.g. raw material goods issues, labour and machine hour time confirmations and outputs
Understand make vs buy trade-off with respect to costs or other considerations and ensure that these are clearly communicated to Site General Manager and Operations Finance Controller
Responsible for all product costs relating to site.
Monitoring and alignment of bill of materials (BOM)
Product costing for new product developments and introductions (NPD/NPI)

Person Requirements:

Qualified Accountant (ACCA, CIMA, ACA or equivalent)
Proven experience with the manufacturing industry
Experience of product costing
Strong business partnering skills

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