Financial Controller

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 organisationIf 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