Finance Director

Looking for a Senior role that sits on the Board of Directors? Do you enjoy leading strategies across a business while creating the vision for your peers? Overseeing various departments including Production, Supply Chain, Logistics, Admin, Finance & HR thisrole will see you being an advocate of the companies brand while getting buy in from your peers.

**Start: ASAP**

**Location: Thetford, Norfolk**

**Salary: £75,000**

**Hours: 37.5 hours per week**

**Duration: Permanent**

**Benefits: 25-days holiday plus stats, Pension 5% and health care**

**Duties**:

- Take full financial and P&L responsibility for the business
- Oversee the company’s financial performance & investments
- Work with external agencies, financial institutions and government departments to ensure statutory compliance, full corporate governance and financial security
- Overview and support the annual budgeting criteria and preparation
- Complete the end of year financial accounts audit review and signoff meeting
- Take overall responsibility and control of Production, Supply Chain, Logistics, Administration, Finance, HR and Health & Safety.
- Ensuring the business delivers its strategic objectives
- Maintaining profitable growth
- Creating and delivering the businesses ongoing 1-3-5 strategic business plans
- Communication of the business plan throughout the business
- Preparation of the monthly board meeting and the board pack
- Attending and participating in the monthly board meeting
- Responsible for the performance, development & coaching of your direct reports
- Setting appropriate goals/objectives for your team
- Lead preparation and implementation of comprehensive business plans
- Identify process improvements and new processes for manufacture
- Develop, maintain and report a weekly business management information pack
- To oversee and take full ownership of the HR and Health & Safety functions

**Skills & Experience**:

- ACCA, CIMA, AAT - or equivalent financial qualification
- Proven experience as a Finance Director
- Sound previous P&L responsibility
- Sound commercial awareness and negotiating ability
- Excellent organisational and leadership skills
- Outstanding analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Strong project management skills
- In-depth knowledge of pricing, costing and operational delivery
- Experience in managing a diverse and busy team environment
- Proven track record in continually improving operational KPI’s, developing
- management initiatives, change management and cost reduction
- Demonstrable understanding of management techniques, accreditations
- Lean Manufacturing, MRP, process and quality control