Group Financial Controller - Operations

Our client is a leading European food group who supply all channels in the UK from multiple manufacturing facilities. They are looking to appoint a Group Financial controller to design and deliver a group wide finance function for the first time.

The Role:

• A senior management role encompassing a controlling role for operations across all sites and a financial reporting and analysis role The role is key support to the Operations and Commercial Directors in the business.
• Lead the preparation of consistent operational reporting on a weekly & monthly basis to all levels of management across operations.
• Ensure compliance by all site finance and administration teams with Group policies.
• Liaise between all sites and any group projects or group cost centre processes and Drive the development of the upgrade and improvement of the financial reporting systems.
• Deliver cost optimisation through the operations value chain.

The Person:

• Ideally degree educated with a professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, or similar) and 5 years+ financial reporting experience in a manufacturing industry.
• Experience in leading an accounting function comprising staff supervision, being a multi-site liaison and project coordination.
• Experience in preparation of all areas of Financial Statements and standard control procedures.

In the first instance please forward relevant CV’s by email including your current remuneration package quoting REF: GFC/896/29 to: Barnaby Stewart Executive Search & Selection