Manufacturing Operations Finance Controller

We are seeking an experienced Manufacturing Operations Finance Controller to drive financial performance and cost improvements across our manufacturing sites. Reporting to the Head of Management Reporting and FP&A, you'll provide senior financial leadership, deliver actionable insights, and enhance controls to support decision-making.,

• Lives and role models the company Values and culture at all times.
• Responsible to ensure all controls (ICFR Internal Controls) identified under their area of responsibility are designed and operating as outlined in the internal controls over financial reporting. Ensure policies and processes are established and adhered to ensure goals and objectives for all regulatory and legal requirements are met including organisational quality, environmental, health & safety programs.
• Provide senior finance support to the Operations Leadership team
• Collaborate closely with the on-site management teams through meetings and calls
• Deliver timely, accurate and relevant reports and KPIs to promptly address issues affecting financial goals
• Responsible for identifying and drive proactive cost avoidance activities
• Identify key areas for improvement in agreement with the management team, and drive towards agreed goals
• Ensure financial controls are in place to embed any improvements made
• Liaising with the costing team to understand any variances to the agreed COPs
• Provide forecasts and analysis for the key cost areas in manufacturing operations, including manufacturing variances, labour variances, freight, PPV, overheads and all OCOGS
• Understand and analyse all key variances to the forecast to provide understanding and drive corrective action
• Understand the cost drivers of the business and challenge inefficiencies
• Drive improvements in working capital, via working with the management team to reduce surplus and obsolete raw materials
• Managing the annual operations capital expenditure budget
• Support the management team with capital expenditure requests, providing justification via ROI calculations or similar
• Collate and present site packs to the site management teams monthly
• Present the key financial metrics and analysis to the executive team monthly
• Deliver the annual operating plan in line with the timetable, ensuring buy-in for all inputs, We are driven by our purpose: we move people. Our vision is to lead the evolution of sustainable on-road mass transportation and mobility and our mission is to design, deliver, and support market-leading bus and motor coach solutions that are safe, accessible, efficient, and reliable.
NEXT STEPS: If this sounds like you, and you're interested in coming 'aboard', then we would love to hear from you. Please complete our online application form and attach your CV! We care deeply about being inclusive and we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. If you are an internal applicant, you have a responsibility to inform your current line/department manager and local human resources representative before applying for the role. Due to the volume of vacancies and applications, we would prefer that you submit your application online. If however, you require an alternative method of applying, please give us call on or send an email to IND-H

The role requires a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, or similar) with 5+ years' experience in manufacturing or operations, strong analytical skills, and the ability to influence change. Regular travel to sites is required.,
• A qualified accountant, with minimum experience of 5 years in a manufacturing/operations environment
• Strong Excel and analysis tools
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to drive change within an organisation
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organisation
• Requirement to travel to all sites on a regular basis
  
  Alexander Dennis is a global leader in the design and manufacture of double deck buses and is the UK's largest bus manufacturer.
At Alexander Dennis, and across NFI and our family of brands, we are helping to save the planet. Through our Sustainability Pledge, which guides our daily actions and long-term planning, we are passionate about creating a better product, a better workplace, and a better world. To learn more about our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) journey check our website. Our diverse, dynamic and resourceful team members embrace challenges every day which makes us the successful international company that we are.


• Generous salary package - we reward our people at the level they deserve.
• A 37-hour working week, with flexible working options, giving you that much needed work/life balance.
• Ongoing employee development through a variety of in-house training initiatives along with tuition subsidies for courses at outside institutions.
• Annual leave entitlement which increases with tenure.
• Pension scheme to help you save for the future.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme which offers practical, impartial support on issues impacting your life.
• Cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership, and regular meditation sessions as your health and wellbeing is important to us.