Logistics Business Controller

MERITUS are recruiting for a Logistics Business Controller to join our aerospace client on an initial 8 month contract within their manufacturing controls team in Broughton.

Logistics Business Controller - INSIDE IR35 - £29.00 PER HOUR - BROUGHTON, FLINTSHIRE - CONTRACT UNTIL 31/12/2026 - SINGLE STAGE INTERVIEW PROCESS

Key Responsibilities

Planning & Challenge

Develop a strong understanding of the operational environment, including strategy, governance, challenges, and constraints.
Lead financial planning processes, ensuring accurate forecasting, providing guidance aligned with the overall financial position, and constructively challenging business requests.
Establish and maintain multi-year financial targets.
Build and manage financial models, simulations, scenarios, and business cases (e.g. projects, acquisitions, tenders) to support decision-making and provide clear insight into financial impacts.
Proactively identify financial risks and opportunities, advising on appropriate mitigation strategies.Analysis & Advisory

Deliver accurate and appropriately detailed financial reporting.
Evaluate financial performance, analyse variances, and recommend corrective actions.
Analyse cost structures, revenue streams, unit costs, and research and development expenditure.
Identify key drivers for optimisation and competitiveness, and track the realisation of savings.
Anticipate financial risks and provide mitigation recommendations.
Identify and highlight financial opportunities.Execution Support & Data Quality

Calculate hourly rates and support resource reviews and headcount target setting.
Prepare charge-back and cost reallocation models.
Approve purchasing requests, audit purchase orders below approval thresholds (using a sampling approach), and review commitments and accruals.
Initiate cost re-booking and cost transfers where required