Details
1115897
University of Staffordshire
27/11/2026
3 Months
Monday - Friday. 40 hours a week
Smart Casual
Pay
£14
£19
Description
Role
Our client are looking for a hands on, switched on finance professional to support their busy manufacturing finance team during a period of high activity. If you enjoy variety, love getting stuck into data, and feel proud of keeping things running smoothly, this role will suit you perfectly.
You’ll work closely with the Financial Controller helping to keep reporting sharp, processes tidy, and the numbers flowing. This is a role for someone who is advanced with Excel, comfortable in a manufacturing environment, and happy balancing meaningful analysis with practical day to day tasks.
This position is for 3 months, working days and hours are Monday – Friday, 40 hours a week. This role is primarily office based due to system access and equipment availability. You’ll be part of a friendly, supportive team who value collaboration and clear communication.
Salary for this position ranges from £14.42 - £19.23 an hour depending on experience.
Duties and responsibilities
- Supporting the commercial FP&A work — analysing margins, trends, volumes, and performance
- Working with production and operations teams to understand cost drivers and data flows
- Helping improve and streamline spreadsheets, reports, and processes
- Preparing and maintaining key daily/weekly/monthly reports
- Assisting with stock, costings, and manufacturing reconciliations
- Inputting purchase invoices and supporting transactional finance regularly
- Getting involved in ad hoc projects, problem solving, and continuous improvement
- Spotting opportunities for automation or simplification (Power Query, better formulas, cleaner templates — anything that makes life easier)
Skills and experience
- Strong Excel skills — confident with formulas and tidy data
- Experience in a manufacturing or production environment (finance, stock, costings, or data)
- A practical, can do attitude
- Comfortable working with numbers, data sets, and commercial information
- Someone who enjoys improving processes, not just following them
- Reliable, organised, and able to pick things up quickly
Location
Leek
Benefits
- A genuinely varied mix of commercial analysis and practical finance
- A chance to make a visible impact quickly
- Supportive leadership and a positive working culture
- Ideal stepping stone for part qualified candidates
- Equally ideal for experienced manufacturing finance pros who enjoy short‑term contracts