This role is for the most dynamic and passionate finance professionals of engineering/manufacturing who are prepared to make a huge difference. This Finance Director will be pivotal to underpinning an incredible growth agenda.

Main responsibilities:

• Part of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting into and working closely with the Managing Director, this is a key role in a small dynamic organisation, with overall responsibility for financial management, ensuring compliance, accuracy, and efficiency in reporting and analysis.

• Leveraging the use of the MRP system, the Finance Director will deliver timely and accurate financial reporting, including monthly management accounts, group reporting, and board-level analysis.
• You will monitor financial performance and proactively implement cost-saving initiatives where necessary, always driving continuous improvement across systems, controls, business efficiencies, forecasting and reporting processes.
• You will support the business through its next phase of growth by building a finance infrastructure capable of supporting private equity expectations and future growth ambitions.

The candidate profile:

• A qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, preferably CIMA), you have experience leading a team in finance management within an agile manufacturing SME.
• You have proven experience preparing management accounts to a high standard in a hands-on role, in an international environment.
• Ideally you have exposure to private equity, business transformation, investment readiness, or IPO/exit preparation. The successful individual will be commercially minded, hands-on, and capable of building a scalable finance function to support continued growth.
• Above all, we are looking for genuinely proactive team players with an entrepreneurial spirit, who thrive on playing a key role in a high growth, fast paced environment.

If you see yourself as one of the go-getters of Finance in engineering/manufacturing who will roll their sleeves up and take their team with them, please send your CV and cover email highlighting your current package and motivation for applying to this position to our retained consultants at Cooper Edwards.