Financial Reporting & Controls Manager

Role: Financial Reporting & Controls Manager

Location: Carlisle
Reporting to: Finance Director

Realise HR is working exclusively with Bendalls Engineering Limited to recruit a Financial Reporting & Controls Manager, joining the business at an important stage of growth and development.

About Bendalls Engineering

Bendalls Engineering Limited is a UK nuclear manufacturing group made up of three business units:
Bendalls Engineering, NW Total and HWM UK, based in Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness and Swindon respectively.

The group delivers precision-engineered, safety-critical equipment to some of the most demanding and highly regulated sectors in the country: nuclear, defence, oil and gas, and renewables. Built on over 130 years of Bendalls heritage, it operates where quality, compliance and reliability are non-negotiable.

The group takes pride in offering highly engineered solutions that make a difference, most notably to the Sellafield clean-up programme and to key defence partners in the UK. As part of Cadre Holdings, it has the stability and investment backing of a larger organisation while retaining the agility, close-knit culture and visible leadership of an SME, with around 200 employees across the group.

Where

Bendalls are heading

The group is undergoing significant growth, having expanded from five to eight sites over the last two years, with revenue rising from £22m to £30m over that period and forecast to reach £40m over the next few years. That growth is underpinned by a defined strategy to establish the group as a Tier 2 supplier to the nuclear and defence sectors through both organic growth and acquisition.

This is an exciting time to join. The group is investing in its capability, its people and its infrastructure, and new joiners will play a real part in shaping what comes next rather than simply maintaining the status quo.

The role

This is a key technical role within the finance function, leading month-end, technical and statutory reporting, tax, audit, SOX compliance and financial controls. You will review the work of the accounting team, ensuring financial information is accurate, complete and right first time.

You will also play an important role in developing the finance function as the business grows, strengthening processes and controls, supporting new systems and driving improvements that create a faster, more efficient and reliable finance operation.

Key responsibilities Month-end and financial reporting

• Run the month-end close process and timetable, continuing to shorten the close while maintaining accuracy and control.
• Review and sign off the financial sections of the management accounts, WIP valuation and balance sheet.
• Review balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, prepayments, journals, intercompany recharges, fixed assets and payroll journals prepared by the Management Accountant.
• Review and sign off the month-end tick sheet and provide technical sign-off for the balance sheet.
• Own monthly US GAAP reporting and the One Stream submission to Cadre, including One Stream reconciliations.
• Lead technical accounting across the UK business, including revenue recognition under ASC 606 and lease accounting under ASC 842.
• Work closely with technical finance leads within the US parent group and external technical advisers.

Statutory reporting, tax and audit

• Prepare the annual UK statutory accounts for sign-off by the Finance Director.
• Manage tax, RDEC and statutory conversion advisers.
• Own corporation tax provisioning and take responsibility for VAT and CIS returns.
• Ensure compliance across VAT, corporation tax and RDEC requirements.
• Lead external and group audits, ensuring findings are addressed and closed within agreed timescales.

SOX, financial controls and policies

• Own SOX controls and…