Finance Director

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Finance Director to join a rapidly growing, private equity-backed manufacturing business in the North East of England
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Our client is a leading global manufacturer backed by a prominent private equity house, the business is on an ambitious growth trajectory with a clear buy-and-build M&A strategy and significant capital investment planned across UK and international manufacturing sites.

Reporting directly to the CFO and working alongside the Supply Chain, Commercial Finance & Operations teams, this role will be crucial to the group's growth.

• Lead operational financial performance management across manufacturing, supply chain, and logistics
• Own standard costing, cost-of-goods analysis, PPV, yield, and productivity metrics
• Drive working capital optimisation including inventory management and provisioning
• Support S&OP, capacity planning, and capital expenditure processes with ROI modelling
• Own group consolidation and management reporting frameworks for operations
• Lead annual budgeting, quarterly forecasting, and month-end close processes
• Develop Power BI dashboards and analytics tools for real-time operational insight
• Champion financial systems improvements, automation, and self-service analytics
• Strengthen global data architecture, reporting consistency, and governance
• Support transfer pricing management for intercompany product movements

• Strong background in manufacturing operations finance (cost accounting, standard costing, PPV, yield, productivity)
• Experience working closely with factories within FMCG, packaging, ingredients, automotive, engineering, or similar multi-stage manufacturing environments
• Financial reporting expertise including consolidation, budgeting, forecasting, and management reporting
• Hands-on capability with ERP systems (Oracle or similar), data extraction, and BI tools
• Proven ability to operate in lean teams whilst influencing senior stakeholders
• Qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or internationally recognised equivalent)
• Experience in PE-backed or transformation-intensive businesses
• Exposure to international multi-entity environments

• Comfortable with ambiguity, pace, and imperfect processes
• Confident communicator who challenges constructively
• Highly analytical with strong attention to detail
• Engaging business partner who builds trust with operations leaders

Package: Competitive base salary dependent on experience, plus: