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Today, IRCA Group employs more than 2,200 people, operates 20 manufacturing facilities worldwide, and generates approximately €1 billion in annual revenues.\n---------------------------\nWhat We Offer\nA dynamic, inclusive and international environment with exposure to multiple functions and senior stakeholders, with opportunities to work on global projects and collaborate with colleagues worldwide.\nCareer growth opportunities, with a highly visible role combining commercial activities, product promotion and customer engagement.The opportunity to work closely with customers, distributors and sales teams, building strong\n\nprofessional relationships across the market.\n---------------------------\nThe Role\nThe Plant Controller oversees the financial and industrial controlling activities of the Peterborough manufacturing site, ensuring accurate monitoring of manufacturing costs, inventory and plant profitability. Acting as a Finance Business Partner to the Plant Manager and Operations teams, the role provides financial insight and recommendations to support operational performance, cost optimization and business decision-making.\nWhat will you do:\nPartner with plant leadership to provide financial insights, performance analysis and recommendations that support operational and strategic decision-making.\nMonitor and analyse plant performance, including manufacturing costs, productivity, inventory, profitability and key operational KPIs.\nLead plant controlling and management reporting activities, ensuring accurate variance analysis against budget, forecast, standard cost and prior year.\nCoordinate month-end closing activities related to manufacturing operations, ensuring accuracy, compliance and alignment between operational and financial data.\nManage product costing processes, including standard cost maintenance, cost roll reviews and analysis of manufacturing variances.\nOversee inventory financial control, supporting stock accuracy, inventory valuation, working capital management and periodic stock counts.\nSupport budgeting, forecasting and business case development for operational initiatives, investments and continuous improvement projects.\nEnsure data integrity, compliance with internal controls and accounting policies, while promoting the effective use of ERP and reporting systems.\nRequierements:\nEducation: Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Industrial Engineering or a related field.\nExperience: Minimum 5 years of experience in Plant Controlling, Industrial Controlling or Operations Finance within a manufacturing environment, in standard costing, inventory control, budgeting, forecasting and manufacturing variance analysis.\nProfessional Skills: Strong knowledge of industrial controlling, costing and manufacturing finance, with the ability to leverage ERP systems, advanced analytics and financial modelling to support data-driven decision-making and business performance.\n IT Skills: Advanced Microsoft Excel. 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