FP& A Manager - Permanent

Your new company
A leading organisation based in Shropshire is now seeking an experienced FP&A Manager to provide financial leadership and business partnering support to its UK manufacturing operation. Working closely with operational leaders and cross-functional teams, this role will drive financial insight, planning, performance improvement, cost control, inventory management and operational decision-making across the manufacturing environment.
Your new role
Manufacturing Performance & Business Partnering

• Partner with operational leadership teams to support performance reviews, forecasting, action planning and business decision-making.
• Provide financial insight into manufacturing performance, operational costs, inventory levels, backlog, risks and opportunities.
• Support monthly performance reviews, explaining variances and recommending corrective actions.
• Develop and maintain operational scorecards and KPI reporting.
• Support transformation and continuous improvement initiatives through financial analysis and benefits tracking.
• Build strong relationships across manufacturing, supply chain, service and commercial functions.

Forecasting, Budgeting & Planning

• Support forecasting and budgeting activities covering labour, overheads, materials, inventory and cost of goods sold.
• Work with operational stakeholders to understand capacity, productivity, efficiency, backlog and production assumptions.
• Challenge assumptions and identify risks and opportunities.
• Produce scenario modelling and business cases for investments and operational improvements.

Inventory, Costing & Controls

• Manage inventory-related month-end processes, including valuation, provisions, write-offs and adjustments.
• Ensure accurate product costing, BOMs, routings and item master data governance.
• Maintain standard costing processes and support inventory optimisation initiatives.
• Lead inventory counts and support audit requirements.
• Strengthen controls to minimise inventory losses and improve accuracy.

Reporting & Analysis

• Analyse manufacturing costs, variances, margins, inventory performance and operational KPIs.
• Provide reporting on backlog, demand trends, production constraints and financial impacts.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, inventory adjustments and costing changes.
• Deliver clear and actionable financial commentary to operational stakeholders.

Team Leadership

• Manage and develop a manufacturing finance analyst.
• Ensure reporting accuracy and build capability across costing, inventory and operational finance processes.

Continuous Improvement

• Support projects focused on operational efficiency, inventory management, costing improvements and business transformation.
• Drive enhancements to reporting, controls and decision-support processes.

What you''ll need to succeed

• Qualified accountant or qualified by experience.
• Strong manufacturing finance experience.
• Excellent knowledge of:
  • Inventory accounting
  • Standard costing
  • Bills of Materials (BOMs)
  • Routings
  • Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
  • Manufacturing variances
• Experience of forecasting, budgeting and operational performance analysis.
• Strong business partnering and stakeholder management skills.
• Previous people management or analyst development experience desirable.
• Advanced Excel and analytical skills.
• ERP system experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Experience working within changing or transformational operational environments.

What you''ll get in return
An extensive benefits package
What you need to do now


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