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The role owns plant financial control and performance management, translating production, supply chain and engineering activity into clear financial insight. It is responsible for reliable reporting, robust product costing, disciplined inventory and capital management, and proactive support for productivity and profitability across the PowerGen assembly operation.\nResponsibilities and Duties:\nPlant Financial Governance and Business Partnering\nPartner with the Plant Finance Manager and with Production, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering and Procurement leaders.\nMaintain a strong control environment across plant processes, ensuring compliance with group financial policies, delegated authorities and audit requirements.\nProvide forward-looking insight, constructively challenge operational assumptions and translate plant performance into clear financial actions.\nDrive ownership of profitability, cost, cash and working capital across the site.\nPlanning, Forecasting and Plant Performance Management\nLead the annual budget, long-range plan and rolling forecast for production volumes, revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, headcount, capital expenditure, inventory and free cash flow.\nAlign financial plans with the sales and operations planning cycle, production schedules, capacity assumptions and material requirements.\nAnalyse monthly results against plan and forecast, identify root causes and agree corrective actions with accountable leaders.\nDevelop and monitor plant performance indicators, including labour and overhead absorption, productivity, utilisation, scrap, rework, inventory turns, on-time output and cost of poor quality.\nPrepare scenario and sensitivity analyses to support capacity, sourcing, pricing and operational decisions.\nOwn a structured monthly plant performance review, with clear actions, owners, deadlines and follow-up, converting analysis into operating discipline.\nProduct Costing, Inventory and Manufacturing Control\nOwn standard costing and ensure bills of material, routings, labour rates, machine rates and overhead allocations are complete, current and appropriately governed.\nAnalyse purchase price, material usage, labour efficiency, production volume, overhead absorption, scrap and other manufacturing variances; recommend and track corrective actions.\nEnsure accurate inventory valuation and effective controls over raw materials, work in progress and finished goods.\nPartner with Operations and Supply Chain on cycle counts, stocktakes, slow-moving and obsolete inventory, excess stock, provisions and working-capital reduction.\nSupport product and project profitability reviews, make-or-buy assessments and cost transparency for new or changed configurations.\nReview customer and project margin assumptions, pricing support, warranty exposure, cost-to-serve and margin leakage, connecting plant finance more directly with commercial outcomes.\nClosing, Reporting and Compliance\nPrepare concise management reporting and communicate key performance drivers, risks and opportunities to site and Finance leadership.\nMaintain effective balance-sheet controls and reconciliations for plant-related finance.\nCoordinate internal and external audit requirements and ensure timely closure of findings.\nSafeguard the quality and integrity of financial and operational master data.\nCAPEX, Productivity and Continuous Improvement\nLead financial evaluation of plant investments, including business cases, payback, return and risk analysis.\nControl approved capital expenditure from authorisation through commissioning and post-investment review.\nQuantify, validate and track productivity and cost-reduction initiatives, ensuring benefits are visible in financial results.\nSupport lean manufacturing, value-stream and process-improvement initiatives with fact-based financial analysis.\nImprove Finance processes, systems, controls and reporting automation across the plant.\nExperience\nMinimum 7 years’ experience in Financial Controlling, Plant Finance, FP&A, Manufacturing Finance, Cost Accounting or Commercial Finance roles.\nExperience supporting a manufacturing, assembly, engineering, energy, power generation or industrial products environment.\nStrong understanding of standard costing, production variances, inventory valuation, overhead absorption and manufacturing performance management.\nExperience in budgeting, forecasting, month-end closing, management reporting and business performance reviews.\nDemonstrated ability to partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, Engineering, Procurement and Commercial teams.\nExperience reviewing product, project or customer profitability, including margin assumptions, cost-to-serve, warranty exposure and margin leakage.\nExposure to CAPEX business cases, productivity tracking, working-capital management and operational improvement initiatives.\nExperience operating within global matrix organizations and working with regional or divisional Finance leadership.\nKnowledge of power generation, industrial manufacturing, energy infrastructure or assembly operations is highly desirable.\nSkills and Personal Attributes\nBachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business or related discipline.\nProfessional qualification such as ACCA, CPA, CIMA, CA or equivalent is preferred.\nStrong financial control mindset with the ability to balance governance, operational support and business growth.\nRobust commercial and operational acumen, with the confidence to challenge assumptions and influence decisions.\nAdvanced analytical, financial modelling, forecasting and variance analysis capabilities.\nStrong knowledge of SAP, ERP systems, costing tools and financial reporting platforms.\nExcellent stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills across finance and non-finance teams.\nStructured, detail-oriented and action-driven, with strong ownership of follow-up and closure.\nHigh integrity, independence and resilience in a complex operating environment.\nPower Systems is the Rolls-Royce business which provides world-class power solutions and complete life-cycle support under our product and solution brand mtu. Through digitalisation and electrification, we strive to develop drive and power generation solutions that provide answers to the challenges posed by the rapidly growing societal demands for energy and mobility.\nWe deliver and service comprehensive, powerful and reliable systems, based on both gas and diesel engines, as well as electrified hybrid systems. These technologically advanced solutions serve our customers in the marine and infrastructure sectors worldwide.\nOur vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. 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