Finance Manager

Vacancy

MTC Training has a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Finance Manager. MTC Training is a wholly owned trading subsidiary of the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). Operating from high‑quality training centres in Coventry, Oxford and Liverpool, we aspire to open a new centre in the Northeast of England and, eventually, other regions.

Our mission is to develop training capabilities that embed knowledge, skills and behaviours that future‑proof UK manufacturing. We align technical content identified in MTC's core business with our apprenticeship and commercial (engineer upskilling) portfolio. We operate an end‑to‑end business built around three key components:

• Training Services – identify future skills and develop training content required to deliver the manufacturing technologies of now and the future.
• Training & Skills – deliver high‑quality apprenticeships and upskilling and reskilling courses.
• Events – deliver events on behalf of UK manufacturing ranging from national conferences with international reach to small high‑profile meetings and everything in between.

Our customers range from global multi‑nationals to local SMEs committed to high quality and market leadership. We deliver high‑quality skills recognised by Ofsted ‘Good’ with outstanding features, multiple award‑winning apprentices, medals at World Skills competitions and sponsorship by Lloyds Banking Group of £1m, to name but a few.

As Finance Manager, you will provide strategic financial support and in‑depth, accurate and timely financial planning and analysis. You will deliver high‑impact insights that drive and influence decisions to optimise, control and deliver business performance and strategy. You will lead both near‑term forecasting and long‑range strategic planning for MTC Training. You will work with government agencies—including the Department for Education (DfE)—overseeing funding streams for skills and education programmes.

• Strategic Financial Insights:
  Partner with the MTC Training leadership team to drive business performance and achieve budget and strategic targets using in‑depth financial insight.
• Strategic Business Partnering:
  Act as a critical finance partner by connecting actions to financial impacts and outcomes, and presenting financial performance to key stakeholders.
• Strategic Business Planning:
  Consider opportunities for business expansion, map capital expenditure plans and generate short‑to‑long‑term financial forecasts, tracking progress.
• Continuous Improvement:
  Work with the finance team and wider business to drive and implement continuous improvement.
• Delivery Unit Reporting:
  Oversee preparation and analysis of delivery unit reports.
• Monthly S&OP Processes:
  Consolidate MTC Training monthly S&OP 15‑month forecast, provide analysis and insights through reporting and steering‑committee meetings.
• Weekly Flash Reports:
  Provide senior management with weekly financial updates.
• Commercial Pricing Strategies:
  Develop and support commercial pricing strategies to enhance profitability.
• Budgeting and Forecasting:
  Develop 5‑year plans, annual budgets and quarterly forecasts.
• DfE Compliance:
  Ensure MTC Training acts in full compliance with approved financial policies and rules.
• Statutory Accounts:
  Collaborate to support the statutory accounts process, ensuring compliance with DfE funding requirements.
• Company Secretary:
  Work with the Group’s Head of Legal to oversee Company Secretarial duties and activities for MTC Training, facilitating communication and Board governance.

• Highly experienced Finance Manager, qualified as CIMA, ACCA or ACA, with previous leadership experience.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, able to challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to adapt style to maximise team effectiveness.
• Capacity to translate complex financial concepts into understandable terms for non‑financial staff and to engage senior managers and the Training Board in insightful discussions.

• Strong analytical expertise with the ability to generate insightful reports that support…