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Head of Operations Finance

InvestigoCambridgeshire, Eastern England🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 4 Aug 2026

Quick Overview

Work Type
Hybrid
Schedule
Full Time
Level
Leader

Job Description

Head of Finance Operations required to drive performance and profitability within fast moving and high volume production facility based in North Cambridgeshire Whilst managing a small team of Finance Business Partners, you will work closely with the CFO and Director of Operations to drive strategy, maximise efficiency's and drive the bottom line. In this hands-on role you will be responsible for:
    • Partnering with senior operational leaders across both sites to improve performance and profitability.
    • Leading budgeting, forecasting, planning and operational performance reviews.
    • Providing clear financial insight, challenge and decision support.
    • Driving cost control, KPI accountability and strong financial governance.
    • Improving reporting, systems, processes and operational costing.
    • Leading and developing the Operational Finance team.
    • Playing a key role in new bids and tenders while building costing models for new product launches
    • Ensuring oversight of operational finance and checking figures to confirm profitability
    • Driving transformation, fostering collaboration, and building trust with stakeholders, as finance is truly valued as the “engine room” of the business
    • Supporting and driving strategic projects
    You will be a hands on senior Commercial Finance professional with the ability to understand costs within a complex, high volume and low margin manufacturing or food production facility.Package includes, Bonus, Car allowance, core benefits and a degree of Hybrid working.

    Skills

    Budgeting
    Forecasting

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