Financial Accountant - Plant

Our Plant and Fleet business provides a key service to the wider Carey Group, owning and servicing the plant and fleet used across our construction projects - UK wide. We're looking for a commercially minded Plant Hire Financial Accountant to partner with our operational teams, bringing clarity and insight through high-quality reporting that supports confident decision-making.

Department Accounts and Finance

Employment Type

Permanent - Full Time Location Aston Clinton Workplace type Hybrid Reporting To Scott Cassidy

• Own the end-to-end month-end management accounts process, including preparation of the reporting pack for Group Senior Leadership, with clear commentary and insight.
• Build strong working relationships with Plant and Fleet operational teams, acting as their key Finance contact.
• Lead quarterly reforecasts and the annual budget process with Operational teams, in line with Group timetables.
• Oversee cashflow forecasting, helping to maintain appropriate working capital.
• Review capex/opex business cases to ensure proposals deliver value and align to budgets and strategy.
• Own the year-end audit process for the company, supporting statutory accounts preparation and liaising with external auditors and tax advisers.
• Review and improve finance processes and controls, ensuring they remain robust and fit for purpose.
• Support ad-hoc analysis and projects as required.

• Qualified accountant (preferably ACA or equivalent), ideally with an audit background (this role would suit a newly qualified accountant).
• Up-to-date technical knowledge of UK GAAP and strong understanding of financial control requirements.
• Proven experience delivering month-end and year-end reporting to strict deadlines.
• Strong Excel capability (VLOOKUP and pivot tables essential) and solid MS Office skills.
• Methodical, well organised and detail focused, with the ability to prioritise and deliver.
• Confident communicator who can partner effectively with operational stakeholders and handle sensitive information with discretion.
• Proactive, improvement-minded self-starter with strong problem-solving skills.
• Logistics, Manufacturing industry experience and/or familiarity with COINS ERP would be advantageous

You’ll be joining a business that values Care, Humility, Passion and Authenticity
, where finance plays a key role in supporting operational performance. This is a high-visibility role with the opportunity to influence, improve and help shape decision‑making across Plant and Fleet operations.

• Excellent Salary
• Car Allowance
• 26 Days Holiday
• Careys Perks Package - which includes access to gym memberships, health care cash plan, cycle to work schemes and lots more
• Company Pension

Our story starts in 1969 with three brothers and a van.

John, Tom and Pat Carey moved to London from Ireland and started a groundworks contracting company in London called PJ Carey Plant Hire (Oval) Ltd.

Their aspirations at the time were reflective of the values of the Carey Group today – to care about everything they did, to act with humility in all interactions, to be passionate about their work and be authentic at all times.

The Carey Group remains a family‑owned construction business, operating across the UK and Ireland. Their goal at the time was to grow to around 50 operatives and provide quality, safe work so that they and their employees could provide for their families and get safe home every day. Through hard work and sticking to our values and our word, this was certainly achieved….and

some.

Throughout the years, we have remained committed to delivering on our promises, respecting our clients, offering innovative solutions and producing the highest‑quality work in safe environments. These are the core principles set by our Founders, the ones we have never wavered from and they help us to fulfil our ultimate vision to be the most trusted and socially responsible construction company, that people are proud to work with.

Our strong approach is underpinned by robust financial management, continuous investment in our people, specialist equipment and strategic assets and our long‑standing culture of teamwork – we want to create the very best environments for our people.

We care about our people and our partners and how we work with them, ensuring we do our best by them. Ultimately, we care about our impact on the world around us and the communities that we proudly help to shape.