Country Finance Manager

The opportunityOur client is a global food producer with UK sales of c.£350m, forecast to reach £500m in the medium-term future. This is a business entering a genuinely exciting phase of investment and growth. The Country Finance Manager will lead the financial control, reporting, planning and business-partnering agenda for the UK, ensuring robust governance while providing the insight and challenge needed to support profitable growth.Partnering closely with the UK leadership team, you will help shape the future of the finance function as the business scales – building the team, systems and processes needed. This is a high-profile, broad-remit role combining financial control with real commercial influence.What you'll be doingLeading month-end close, management accounts and the wider reporting cycleOwning balance-sheet integrity, reconciliations and the internal-control environmentDriving annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and long-range planningOwning cash forecasting and working-capital managementEvaluating capital investment proposals and tracking delivery of benefitsCoordinating statutory reporting and the annual audit with Group Finance and auditorsBusiness-partnering the leadership team with commercial insight and constructive challengeDeveloping the finance team and improving systems and reporting capabilityWhat we're looking forA fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)Proven finance management or financial control experience, ideally gained in manufacturing, FMCG or another operationally complex environmentA strong financial-control mindset with the ability to turn data into commercial insightA collaborative, credible and hands-on leader who develops people and partners effectively outside financeThis is an exceptional platform for a finance professional looking to broaden their exposure and build towards their next level of leadership.