Senior Financial Controller

Senior Financial Controller

Our client is one of Britain's most trusted and widely chosen market leader in their field, are currently seeking a Senior Financial Controller on a 12-month fixed term contract. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for a senior finance professional ready to shape performance at scale within this reputable business.

As Senior Financial Controller, you will provide financial decision-making support and to act as finance lead in driving improvements in performance. You will ensure budgets, investments and plans are optimised and to act as business partner to other key stakeholders in the business.

The Opportunity

As the Senior Financial Controller, you will:

• Hold fiduciary responsibility for the company
• Develop, and maintain a system of financial control, which adheres to the company's policies and procedures, and which allows for the Fiduciary responsibility to be properly performed.
• Ensure correct recording of all types of inventories held within the company's financial systems.
• Ownership of the balance sheet.
• Ensure accurate recording within the company's financial systems, and ensure the financial systems accurately reports and other variances.
• Bridge financially all reported performance to the prior period and forecasts.
• Support Commercial teams with new tenders.
• Manage, maintain and review the Bill of Materials and other product costing models for products manufactured by the site, and implementing updates of product costing models and BOMs to maintain their accuracy.
• Close the books each month - ensure the management accounts accurately report the income and expenditures and closing balance sheet.
• Provide the management team and leadership with clear, timely and accurate analysis, and explanations of the financial impact of performance.
• Drive and manage standardised financial based KPI metrics for the company and report these to the management team and leadership on daily/ weekly/ monthly cycles.
• Provide explanation of costs on a monthly basis.
• Report the company financial operational performance ensuring accurate and clear reporting to the leadership team.
• Review and drive improvements in the company forecasting and performance metrics.
• Act as business partner to management, ensuring independence is maintained.
• Independently support the leadership team in identifying and challenging business performance.
• Coordinate and facilitate the detailed budget and forecasting process of the company, including explaining business impacts to colleagues.
• Evaluate and continuously review investment opportunities for the company and support wider team in reviewing network design options.
• Support rationalisation opportunities.
• Provide robust financial modelling and systems solutions to new business opportunities across all processes of the business.
• Drive improvements in Operational budgeting such as bottom-up resource planning.
• Support in customer profitability analysis.
• Act with others as a single team presenting consistent reports across the business so that information is presented in a standard and professional manner.
• Lead the finance team and work collaboratively with other functions to ensure financial systems / reports are updated timely.

About You

We are looking for a senior finance leader who brings:

• Qualified Accountant status with 5+ years post-qualification experience
• A track record of leading high-performing finance teams
• Strong operational finance expertise
• Experience business partnering with other senior leaders and managing a team
• Commercial acumen with the confidence to challenge constructively
• The ability to translate financial data into clear strategic insight
• Strong communication and influencing skills across multiple organisational levels
• A proactive, self-starting mindset with resilience and accountability

This role will suit someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys visible leadership responsibility, and wants to make a measurable impact on the business performance and strategic direction.

Reward & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Generous annual bonus
• Hybrid working - 3 days on site per week
• Company car or cash allowance
• Partner level private medical insurance
• Life Assurance
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (rising with service)
• Enhanced family and bereavement leave
• Pension employer contribution scheme (matched up to 8%)
• Access to an extensive employee reward and development platform that also includes a variety of online and instore discounts

If you are a senior finance professional looking for a strategic site leadership role where you can influence performance, investment and operational excellence, we welcome your application.