Finance Manager - Production

Join the Manufacturing and Quality Finance team as a Finance Manager - Production where you'll own and lead on strategic finance projects, and play a pivotal role in providing, reviewing and presenting financial data analysis to senior management to support decision making. Reporting into the Head of Controlling - Manufacturing and Quality your main responsibilities include;

• Managing and supporting production and vehicle interior overheads


• Managing and supporting manpower planning cost activities


• Managing and supporting production launch cost activities


• Owning KPI reporting and providing data to Board


• Supporting factory cost budgeting, reporting and steering


• Ownership of strategic finance projects to include the Finance Planning and Forecasting System (PAL 3) and Tableau utilization


• Presenting in senior management meetings (Director level and above) to influence, challenge and steer the business to achieve our production goals


About the Team
The Manufacturing and Quality Finance team is basically responsible for two things: On the one hand, we steer the finances for the series production, ensuring that all cost, investment and inventory targets are achieved. On the other hand, we are supporting the transformation of the factory into a site for battery electric vehicles (BEV), aligning with the Beyond 100 strategy.
This is achieved through collaboration with key stakeholders in Manufacturing and Finance within Bentley and the wider VW group. As part of a dynamic, agile team, you will manage, develop and lead activities cross functionally.


• Holding a recognised accounting qualification ACA, CIMA or MBA equivalent qualification is a must


• Knowledge of financial accounting processes and principles, gained through hands on experience


• Experience in a finance role within the manufacturing industry would be ideal, although not a necessity


• Demonstrable experience presenting to key stakeholders at Director level and above and an ability to influence business decisions would be advantageous, but not essential


• An ability to model complex data and produce comprehensive, but simple to understand business models and analysis to support decision making, including identification of risks and opportunities and proposals to compensate


• A proven track-record of effective working cross-functionally day to day and as finance representative of business teams
  
  Bentley Motors is combining a world of luxury and progressive technology to embrace an electrified future. Join us as we embark on the most transformative phase in Bentley's history.
  
  What Bentley Offers


• Flexible working hours


• Hybrid working options


• 35 days annual leave inclusive of UK bank holidays


• Progression pathways and programmes, mentoring, and study support opportunities available


• Optional car lease scheme with discounted access to brand new VW Group cars (VW, Seat, Skoda, Audi) up to every six months


• Health and life assurance benefits providing up to five times annual salary


• Annual salary reviews and competitive bonus scheme


• Contributory pension scheme - you put in 6% we put in 10%


• Access to a wide range of resources to support your health and well-being including an online GP, the choice to join BUPA health plans, a mental health counsellor, and onsite physio


• Paid volunteering days dedicated to community giving


The Bentley Campus
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We firmly believe in equal opportunities for all, helping all colleagues thrive as their authentic selves and reach their highest potential. We believe that everyone, regardless of their background or beliefs, belongs at Bentley. Everyone is entitled to respect and dignity and we positively celebrate the differences between people.
Beyond100
Announced in 2020, Bentley's ground-breaking Beyond100 strategy targets sustainable luxury mobility leadership, reinventing every aspect of the business. Building on over two decades of forward-thinking, join us as Bentley moves towards a sustainable future.