Finance Manager - Plant Operations

Introduction to Mura Technology Limited

Mura Technology's mission is to protect the land, oceans and air from pollution caused by plastic mismanagement.

We are pioneering a globally scalable hydrothermal plastic recycling technology, Hydro-PRT®, to prevent millions of tonnes of plastic waste and CO2 from entering our natural environment every year, turning a resource worth $1.05tn annually (by 2033) into a valuable global commodity. By recycling the ‘unrecyclable’ - plastic waste materials currently sent to landfill, incineration or leaked into the environment – Mura’s advanced recycling technology is contributing towards a circular economy, while circular hydrocarbons produced via Hydro-PRT® significantly reduce carbon emissions from the plastics industry by replacing fossil resources in the manufacturing of new plastic.

We are partnering with some of the largest global companies to scale our technology worldwide. Our ambition is for 1,500,000 tonnes of annual plastic recycling capacity in operation or development by 2032.

The company is based in Teesside, UK, with offices in London and Singapore.

About the Role:

This role will play a pivotal part in supporting Mura’s Wilton advanced recycling plant, with responsibilities that include, though are not limited to, partnering with the Operations team to establish and institutionalise operational metrics and reporting, ownership of the management accounts, establishing robust internal controls, and leading key compliance initiatives.

As the plant continues through its early development phase, a significant focus will initially be on deploying, refining, and embedding new processes and control frameworks to create a strong foundation for future operations.

Summary of Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Wilton plant financial operations & processes:

• Review, document, improve, and embed internal controls and finance processes across procure-to-pay, order-to-cash, record-to-report, and internal controls.
• Document policies, procedures, and workflows.
• Partner with outsourced accounting and plant operations teams to establish reporting metrics, routines/cadence, reconciliations, journal entries, and reporting.

Management Reporting & Analysis:

• Review and/or prepare monthly management accounts, and prepare commentary (vs. Annual Operating Plan (AOP), plan updates, prior forecast, budget and prior year) for Group Consolidation Finance Manager.
• Track production, production cost drivers (including feedstock procurement), and plant efficiency metrics.
• Establish and embed operations reporting, key performance indicators (KPIs), and performance dashboards.

Mura Wilton Plant Finance Business Partnering:

• Partner with the Mura Group Chief Technology Officer and Plant Operations Manager to provide robust insight on performance and production cost drivers.
• Finance Lead on baselining Year 1 operations performance and developing profit improvement plan.
• Track profit improvement initiatives and hold Operations and improvement initiative owners accountable, ensuring appropriate cadence of reporting to Management.
• Finance lead on evaluating Wilton plant CAPEX/OPEX investments and supporting business case development.
• Working with / auditing of third-party O&M finance team reporting and controls.
• Management of PRN recovery and revenue.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Strategic Planning:

• Lead budget cycles and reforecasting ensuring the relevant plant stakeholders are engaged and involved in the processes in a timely manner to meet Group FP&A requirements.
• Co-own the financial forecast and Annual Operating Plan and ensure risks and opportunities are understood, with owners and action plans to either mitigate or optimise established.

Compliance, Controls, & Governance:

• Establish internal controls appropriate for a regulated industrial operations environment.
• Ensure all 3rd party invoices are in compliance with relevant contractual agreements (utilities, feedstock, products, waste etc).
• Responsibility for compliance with Hydrocarbons HMRC Excise regulations, develop knowledge of Environment Agency regulations, and International Sustainability and Carbon Certification, and champion compliance.
• Manage Treasury operations for Mura Wilton entities
• Ensure compliance with statutory reporting, and audit requirements.
• Liaise with auditors, tax advisors, and regulators.

Skills and Experience:

• A fully qualified accountant with at least 3 years of post-qualification experience.
• Experience working as a Plant accountant, or Finance Manager at a manufacturing site within a multi-site organisation ESSENTIAL.
• Experience working in a start-up or scale-up environment, developing and implementing new processes as a business grows preferred.
• Experience in managing the monthly close process and adhering to deadlines.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, in particular Excel and PowerPoint.

Personal Attributes:

• High ownership mindset and comfortable being the finance “go-to” person at the plant.
• Comfortable working strategically and operationally and rolling up sleeves to be involved in the end to end finance activities at the plant level.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.