Morgan McKinley Northern Home Counties are working with a growing and commercially focused FMCG business in Northampton to appoint a high-calibre Financial Controller.
This is a broad and influential role for an ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified accountant who enjoys operating close to the commercial and operational side of a business.
The Role
As Financial Controller, you will lead the finance function, ensuring strong financial control, accurate reporting and commercially focused analysis to support continued growth.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the month-end and year-end close process
- Produce monthly management accounts and financial analysis
- Own budgeting, forecasting and financial planning
- Provide commercial insight into sales, margins, costs and profitability
- Partner with Operations, Sales and Procurement
- Oversee cash flow, working capital and balance sheet management
- Maintain and strengthen financial controls and processes
- Monitor product costing, gross margins and manufacturing variances
- Support stock and inventory reporting
- Manage statutory accounts and external audit requirements
- Ensure compliance with relevant accounting and regulatory requirements
- Improve finance systems, processes and reporting
- Lead, develop and motivate the finance team
- Provide financial support and challenge to the senior leadership team
About You
You will ideally have:
- ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualification
- Previous experience as a Financial Controller, Finance Manager or equivalent
- Experience within FMCG, food, consumer goods or manufacturing
- Strong management accounting and financial reporting experience
- Experience of budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis
- Good understanding of product costing, margins and stock/inventory
- Strong financial controls and balance-sheet management experience
- Experience managing and developing a finance team
- Excellent Excel and ERP/system skills
- Strong commercial awareness with the confidence to challenge and influence
- A hands-on, proactive and improvement-focused approach
- Excellent communication skills
Why Join?
This is an opportunity to join an established and growing FMCG business where Finance has a genuine voice in commercial and operational decision-making.
You will have:
- A senior role with significant autonomy and visibility
- Direct exposure to the senior leadership team
- The opportunity to shape and improve the finance function
- A commercially varied role across finance and operations
- Responsibility for developing a finance team
- A competitive salary and benefits package
- Long-term progression within a growing organisation
If you are an ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified accountant with FMCG or manufacturing experience and are looking for a Financial Controller role where you can make a genuine commercial impact, we would be keen to hear from you.
