Financial Controller

Financial Controller – Manufacturing 

Full-time | Permanent

Are you a qualified accountant ready for your next challenge? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced, friendly, and supportive team where you can make a real impact?

As Financial Controller, you’ll take full ownership of the P&L, driving financial performance and providing actionable insight to support business decisions. Reporting directly to the Director, you’ll play a key role in shaping strategy, improving profitability, and ensuring the business runs efficiently.

The Role This is a hands-on, strategic finance position covering management accounts, forecasting, cost control, and investment planning. You’ll provide accurate, actionable financial information and ensure compliance with all regulations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Full ownership of the P&L, ensuring accuracy and insight.
• Preparing and monitoring the annual budget with department managers.
• Managing capital investment projects, including profitability studies.
• Developing and tracking key financial and operational KPIs.
• Leading budgetary control and monitoring performance against targets.
• Defining and maintaining standard costs for labour, materials, and overheads.
• Analysing profitability by customer and product.
• Producing management accounts, balance sheets, and cash flow forecasts.
• Ensuring compliance with company policies, financial regulations, and tax requirements.
• Managing insurance policies and liaising with auditors.
• Supporting and developing a small finance team.

About You You’re a commercially minded, hands-on finance professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You enjoy working closely with operational
teams, using data to drive performance, and helping a business succeed.

You’ll ideally have:

• A degree in Accounting, finance, Economics, or Business Administration.
• 3–5 years’ experience in a Financial Controller or senior finance role.
• A professional accounting qualification (ACCA / CIMA / ACA or equivalent).
• Strong systems knowledge, ideally with SAP experience.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience leading or mentoring a team.

Why Join? You’ll be joining a fast-paced, friendly, and supportive business where finance is central to decision-making. The role offers a competitive salary, a 15% annual performance bonus, and 25 days’ holiday plus Bank Holidays. You’ll have genuine ownership of the P&L and the chance to make a real impact in a business that values its people and invests heavily in creating positive experiences for employees and customers alike.

Next steps: 
If you would like to apply for this new Financial Controllers position based in Wigan, please submit your most recent and up to date CV. I will be in touch shortly to discuss the role in more detail.