Financial Controller / Head of Finance - Specialist Manufacturing Business

• Senior site‑lead finance role in a growing UK manufacturing business
• Broad FC remit combining financial control and business partnering

About Our Client

Our exclusive client is a well‑established UK manufacturing business based in the Dartford area, operating within a wider group structure. The business manufactures in‑house and supplies a range of markets, with a strong focus on quality, operational excellence and long‑term growth.

Job Description

As Financial Controller / Head of Finance, you will be the senior finance lead on site, responsible for the full finance function and acting as a key member of the local leadership team.
Key responsibilities will include:

• Full financial control, statutory accounts and audit management
• Budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management
• Group reporting and alignment with parent‑company requirements
• Standard costing, inventory control and margin analysis
• Supporting commercial tenders and capital investment appraisals
• Leading, developing and mentoring the on‑site finance team
• Acting as a trusted business partner to the Managing Director and senior stakeholders
• This is a hands‑on role requiring strong on‑site presence and close engagement with operations.

The Successful Applicant

The successful Financial Controller will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA) with experience in a UK manufacturing environment. You will bring strong financial control capability, exposure to standard costing and inventory‑driven businesses, and experience reporting into a group or parent organisation.You will be commercially minded, comfortable operating at senior leadership level, and able to balance robust controls with pragmatic business partnering in an established operational environment.

What's on Offer

• Competitive senior‑level base salary (dependent on experience)
• 25 days' holiday plus Christmas shutdown
• Pension
• On‑site role with long‑term career opportunity within a group environment
• A broad, influential finance leadership position with real visibility and impact

Job summary

• Job function
• Accounting

• Subsector
• Financial Controller

• Location
• Dartford

• Contract type
• Permanent

• Consultant name
• Paul Urquhart

• Consultant phone
• +44 1622 604 511

• Job reference
• JN-042026-7006965