Senior Financial Controller – Supply Chain & Manufacturing

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Financial Controller to join our fast‑growing hardware company that designs and manufactures smart locker systems across Europe. You will become the financial partner for the Operations and Supply Chain teams, providing full visibility on product costs, margins and procurement economics.

Key responsibilities

• Own the COGS build‑up for each product line, maintaining up‑to‑date bills of materials, labour and overhead allocations.
• Track and report gross margin by product and customer, linking pricing to actual production costs.
• Monitor procurement cost variances (materials, steel, electronics, packaging) and supplier performance.
• Build and analyse production cost‑per‑unit trends across batches, identifying drivers such as scale, design changes or quality issues.
• Maintain the rolling operations forecast, aligning procurement commitments, production pipeline and cash impact with delivery schedules.
• Provide inventory carrying‑cost visibility and highlight mismatches between stock levels and demand.
• Lead financial reviews with Operations and Finance leadership, delivering decision‑ready variance analysis and forward‑looking cost risk assessments.

Required profile

• 5–8 years of experience in financial controlling, cost accounting or industrial FP&A, preferably in manufacturing or hardware environments.
• Proven ability to work with bills of materials, production variance analysis and procurement cycles.
• Comfort operating in a high‑velocity, scaling environment where financial processes are built alongside operational growth.

Required skills

• Standard costing
• Variance analysis
• Overhead allocation
• Activity‑based costing