Rutherford Cross is delighted to be supporting our manufacturing client in appointing a finance business partner for a 12-month contract with the potential to go permanent down the line. We are looking to engage with either part-qualified, qualified or qualified by experienced candidates. The role is mainly on-site but offers good flexibility and early finishes on a Friday.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and review cost reporting packs required for onward internal and group reporting purposes
• Support and maintain the financial modelling framework to support the quarterly business forecasting process
• Assist in challenging and analysing inputs from the functions based on quarterly inputs for labour, non-labour and materials
• Hold monthly reviews with the relevant functions to assess performance against the annual operating plan and forecasts
• Review and control data integrity and ensure topicality of financial data used to support all planning and reporting
• Prepare complex and detailed financial performance reports
• Capable of handling large volumes of data and consolidating and reporting this data effectively through the utilisation of strong IT skills
• Check and review all cost variations reports coming through to ensure these are incorporated into bills of material
• Provide support to Business Functions on all matters having a potential financial impact on the business
• Ensure the overall integrity of financial reporting information for business performance
• Labour and overhead performance against budget / forecast
• Annual budget and quarterly forecasting review and analysis
• Supply chain performance to budget / forecast
• Analyse and provide commentary in a timely and accurate manner
• Support the Estimate at Complete (EAC) process through analysis of quarter-to-quarter variances
• Develop strong and productive working relationships with the wider organisation to ensure information incorporated into EAC’s is correct, current and has full buy-in from the organisation

Our client is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status or pregnancy and maternity.