Financial Controller - Manufacturing
| Posting date: | 01 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £55,000.0 to £65,000.0 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £60000 to £65000 |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 June 2026 |
| Location: | Preston, Lancashire, PR1 3NU |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 1 day per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4796336_1780310320 |
Summary
Your new company
Hays is delighted to be partnering with a fantastic Manufacturing business that is based in the Preston area. This company manufactures a high quality product that is sold across the UK and internationally. You will be joining a professional team and embed yourself within the operations leadership team as their financial expert.
Your new role
As Financial Controller you will be the key financial liaison point for the site leadership. Reporting to a Group FC and on-site managing director, you will help guide financial decision making and ensure monthly management accounts are prepared in accordance with Group timetable.
You will prepare forecasts and set the annual budget as well as monitoring key performance indicators.
This role is heavily involved in supporting the production process and you will be using standard costing to set BOM's and monitor performance against these standards.
You will be a key point of contact for CAPEX approvals and will need to manage stock control and other working capital items.
As a key business partner to the team you will be responsible for analysing complex financial data and presenting it in an easy to understand format for the operational leaders.
What you'll need to succeed
We are looking for an experienced (qualified or QBE) accountant who has significant experience of manufacturing and site accounting.
You must have strong communication skills and be able to work on your own initiative with minimal day to day supervision.
Excel skills are essential for this role and you must have an advanced level of Excel skills including pivot tables / v look ups etc.
What you'll get in return
This job offers you the opportunity to work for a large company that can really help propel your career. In addition to a competitive salary, you will get a great benefits package including generous holiday entitlement and private medical policy. Hybrid working is available.
What you need to do now
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