Interim Finance Director - Manufacturing
Location: Cheshire West
Contract: Initial 6 months (temp-to-perm option available)
Salary/Benefits: Competitive day rate / FTC equivalent available

About the Role

An established manufacturing organisation in Cheshire is seeking an experienced Interim Finance Director to lead the site's finance function during a period of transition and operational focus. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on finance leader with strong manufacturing experience looking to make immediate impact while supporting long term strategic direction.
The successful candidate will oversee the full finance operation, partner closely with operational and leadership teams, and drive strong financial governance, performance, and insight.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function for a complex manufacturing site, overseeing all financial reporting, controls, and performance management.
• Produce timely and accurate monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and variance analysis.
• Partner with senior leadership across operations, engineering, supply chain and commercial to support KPI performance, cost control and strategic decision?making.
• Provide weekly and monthly management information, including insight, trends, and commentary for leadership and group stakeholders.
• Drive budgeting, forecasting and financial modelling, ensuring robust assumptions aligned with manufacturing activity.
• Support pricing decisions, cost?saving initiatives, margin improvement and identification of future risks and opportunities.
• Ensure compliance, audit readiness, and delivery of all reporting deadlines.
• Lead and mentor the finance team, developing capability and improving processes where required.

Ideal Experience

• Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA or equivalent).
• Proven experience operating at Finance Director level, ideally in a manufacturing environment.
• Strong management accounting, budgeting, forecasting and modelling capability.
• Excellent Excel skills and ability to work with complex data sets.
• Hands on, collaborative leadership style with the ability to work effectively with both financial and non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to influence at all levels of the business.

Interviews

Interviews will be taking place as soon as possible.