Finance Manager - Smart Manufacturing

Oxford Metrics plc; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic manufacturing firm located in Gloucester is seeking a qualified accountant to join their finance team. You will play a crucial role in producing financial reports, developing forecasts, and managing operational finance responsibilities. The ideal candidate will possess substantial experience in finance and knowledge of IFRS standards. This role offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits, including health insurance and generous holiday allowance. Join us and contribute to shaping the future of manufacturing.

Benefits

Competitive salary

25 Days holiday allowance + Bank holidays

Permanent Health Insurance

Life Cover

Free On-site Parking with EV charging points

Qualifications

• Broad experience across operational finance, management accounts, and financial planning & analysis.
• Familiarity with taxation legislation in the UK.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Financial reporting, including management reporting and budget forecasts.
• Preparing budgets and financial modeling for the division.
• Managing credit control and overseeing payment processes.
• Optimizing business systems and ensuring data integrity.
• Supporting compliance with financial controls and statutory requirements.

Skills

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Experience with IFRS15 revenue recognition

Technical skills in IFRS and UK GAAP

Knowledge of ERP systems and financial software

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Business Central

Power BI

Dynamics

Job description

Overview

Department: Oxford Metrics

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Barnwood, Gloucester.

Reporting To: Sam Andrews

Compensation: £50,000 - £60,000 / year

Description

Oxford Metrics Plc brings together two pioneering companies, Industrial Vision Systems (IVS) and The Sempre Group (Sempre), into one powerful Smart Manufacturing division. Together, we are redefining how the world’s leading manufacturers design, measure, inspect, and optimise their production processes.

IVS is a global leader in machine vision systems, inspection technologies, and AI-powered solutions. With hundreds of systems installed worldwide. IVS has earned a reputation for precision, innovation, and trust, driving factory automation across sectors from medical devices to advanced electronics.

Sempre is a measurement and metrology specialist supporting industries including aerospace, automotive, energy, and precision engineering. Through expert consultancy, advanced equipment, and digitalisation services. Sempre helps manufacturers increase productivity, improve efficiency, and embrace automation across quality and production processes.

Now, as part of Oxford Metrics Plc, IVS and Sempre together form a single division at the forefront of Smart Manufacturing. From cutting-edge vision inspection to world-class measurement and data-driven process control, we offer a complete ecosystem of solutions for blue-chip customers across the globe.

Role Summary:
Reporting to the FD Smart Manufacturing Division you will be a key member of the finance team charged with the production of management reporting, forecasts and budget, along with being a senior within operational finance.

The role is based in Barnwood Gloucester with some ad hoc travel to other facilities such as IVS Harwell Oxford and Group Head office in Yarnton Oxford.

Key Responsibilities

Responsibilities / duties will include, but may not be limited to:

• Financial Reporting
• Develop analysis on the performance of the business across various financial and non financial KPIs.
• Prepare and process revenue deferals and accruals in line with IFRS15
• Prepare and process lease movements under IFRS16
• Balance sheet reconciliations

• Budgets and Forecasts
• Prepare budgets and forecasts for the division built on key drivers for the business.
• Prepare financial modelling, including sensitivity analysis.

• Operational Finance
• Ensure delegation of authority is adhered to and authority workflows are set up correctly.
• Oversee the payment run process, including first approval in the bank.
• Manage credit control process including credit limits, debt chase process and legal proceedings.
• Due to being a small team there will be a need from time to time to support in processing purchase invoices and daily banking.

• Business Systems & Process Ownership
• Support with optimisation of business systems including ERP, finance software, and integrated tools.
• Ensure data integrity, automation, and process improvement initiatives are delivered to support growth.

• Governance & Compliance
• Ensure adherence to financial controls, statutory requirements, tax compliance, and audit readiness.
• Manage the stock take process from a financial point of view.
• Support in controls around Fixed asset register including physical verifications.
• Supporting the annual plc audit process by providing evidence and dealing with auditor queries.

• Team Development
• Provide coaching and mentorship to the finance team and contribute to the culture of accountability, collaboration, and professional growth.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with broad experience across operational finance, Management accounts and F,P&A.
• Experience with IFRS15 revenue recognition and project accounting.
• Technical skills in IFRS and UK GAAP and UK tax legislation
• Knowledge of ERP systems and financial software platforms (e.g., Business Central, Power BI, Dynamics).
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across levels and geographies.

Desirable:

• Exposure to Business Central and Power BI.

Why Join Us?

You’ll be joining a dynamic, high-growth organisation with innovation at its core. Based across our sites at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus near Oxford and Barnwood in Gloucester, you will be in the heart of a thriving technology hub where collaboration, creativity, and breakthroughs happen every day.

Whether your passion lies in machine vision, automation, measurement, advanced manufacturing, or artificial intelligence, here you’ll find the opportunity to shape the factories of the future.

Be part of a team where your ideas can transform industries. Together, we’re not just keeping pace with technological change—we’re driving it.

Join us and build a smarter, more innovative tomorrow.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 25 Days holiday allowance + Bank holidays
• Permanent Health Insurance
• Life Cover
• Free On-site Parking, with EV charging points

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer