Commercial Finance Manager

Robert Half is delighted to be working very closely with MCC Premium Label Solutions on an exclusive retained agreement to recruit for a **Commercial Finance Manager** based in **Daventry**on a Hybrid basis with office requirements as and when the business requires.

This role requires **Manufacturing**experience,**Costing** experience & Strong**Commercial**knowledge

About **Multi-Color Corporation**

A true global label solution provider, Multi-Color Corporation is one of the largest label companies in the world in the following market segments: Beverage, Wine & Spirits, Food & Dairy, Personal Care & Beauty, Home Care & Laundry, Healthcare, Durables& Technical and Automotive & Chemicals.

Competitive Package offered**£65,000 - £70,000**consistent with the market depending on experience and expertise plus
- 24 annual holidays in a full holiday year
- Automatic enrolment into a GSIPP pension scheme (5% employee contributions, and 4% employer contributions) after three month's service
- enhanced maternity & paternity leave
- cycle-to-work scheme
- confidential Employee Assistant Programme (EAP)
- free on-site parking

For further details please contact - Bhavin Kotecha

**Purpose**:
The finance manager will be an important member of the European Finance Team and Business Partner with the Daventry plants' Executive Team, supporting the site's achievement of financial and corporate financial objectives

**Primary Responsibilities**

- **SSC**: Continue to assist the transition of accounting functions to SSC. Day to day management of interaction with Shared Service Centre (SSC), ensuring compliance with contractual structure and delivery of operating procedures and definedservice levels.
- **Reporting**: Responsible for formally approving the submission of month-end close to MCC Corporate Finance team in accordance to reporting timetables and ensuring the highest standards of accuracy. Also, preparation of routine monthly reportingschedules monitoring variances to budget, prior year and forecast.
- **Statutory**: Ensure all required statutory submissions (VAT Returns / Payments etc.) are completed wholly, accurately, and timey. Providing day-to-day authorisations, payments, credit notes etc.
- **Audit**:Ensure accurate and timely statutory reporting. Successfully complete YE-audits.
- **Business Partnering**:

- **Financial analysis**: Providing Business Partnering services to the Plant Executive team to assure achievement of the overall plant objectives, analysing data to initiate improvements, cost savings and continuous improvement.
- **Cost Accounting, Inventory and Assets**:Work with the Cost Accountant to ensure the accurate and complete accounting and reporting of job costs, overhead, inventory, controls and policies, and physical counts.
- **Working Capital Management**:Work daily with Plant Operations and local AR Collections team to relentlessly drive working capital reduction and make continuous improvements in collections and inventory management processes.
- **Investment Proposals**: Complete financial analysis of capital projects. Validate that the savings claimed with the project are reasonable and can be tracked/validated once the project is complete.
- **Forecasting and Budget**: Manage and complete the site budgeting/forecasting processes to corporate timelines. Ensure full analysis and bridging is undertaken.
- **Continuous Improvement**: Support a culture of relentless pursuit of continuous improvement.
- **People**: Provide leadership and development of the AR Collection clerk.
- **Safety**: Assure the safety of associates within the accounting function.
- **Culture**:Model the Corporate Values and Principles, including instilling a high performance, people-powered culture, providing high expectations and high support.
**Knowledge Skills and Abilities**
- Rational, logical, fact-driven decision making
- Literate in Microsoft Excel. SAP experience preferential
- Travel and move about in offices and plants. Demonstrate a professional image
- Lead, manage and develop others. Relate to people at all levels of the organization
- Rational, logical, fact-driven decision making.

**Qualifications**
- Experience as a leader and accounting manager with a strong operational focus.
- Required education/experience: Chartered, ACA ACCA or CIMA with a minimum of 5 years' experience in progressively more responsible positions.