Financial Controller

Job Title: Financial Controller

Location: Bio Pure - UK - Havant

Location Type: On-Site

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Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of Spirax Group, a FTSE
100 and FTSE4

Good multi-national industrial engineering Group with expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermal solutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies.

When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouraging team, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoing growth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit our website to learn more.

Are you an experienced Finance Professional looking to work for a highly successful Organisation where you canmake a difference?

You willbe part of our journey of growth at our state-of-the-art facility in Havant. The facility is a reasonable commute from the Southampton/Portsmouth area, has asubsidised restaurant, on site car and bike parking and has the latest technology and machinery to enable you to be a success, developing your skills both on the job and through gaining new qualifications, fully supported by us.

You will have private medical health care, ahighly competitive pension scheme and inclusive employment practices. We giveall our employees 3 paid days volunteering and an extra wellbeing day on top ofyour annual leave.

The role will drive the day to day financial processes for Biopure. You will bepivotal in delivering on-time Group reporting for the site.

In addition to managing and working closely with the Finance team, you willalso have a crucial business partnering role with the wider Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Managing Director. You will work with non-finance managers todevelop strong business awareness and ownership of the financial impacts oftheir decisions, and support process efficiency improvements.

• You will be working directly with the Finance team to generate on-time monthly reporting, as well as quarterly/annual forecasts, and interim/annual statutory accounting packs and analysis, delivering reliable and accurate financial information.
• You will develop and maintain positive relationships with the senior leadership team and department managers and be able to convey financial information to non-financial areas of the business (including use of KPIs to track performance).
• You will be the point of contact for Group Finance with regard to analysis of results, with a dotted reporting line to the Global Supply Finance Partner. You will contribute to Group-wide Finance projects as and when required
• You will provide meaningful commercial analysis and insight; considering both the local supply margins and the wider Group profitability; this includes dealing with pricing, profitability, product range, and overhead review
• You will prepare business cases for capital investment, covering narrative to support ROI capex investments
• You will ensure compliance with government tax reporting and filing
• You will serve as primary liaison with both internal and external auditors, driving performance improvements where appropriate.
• You will provide oversite and leadership of local IT Services.

You might be wondering what skills you will need. Well ideally you will have

• Significant experience in a senior finance/accounting role
• Financial professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Experience with in a manufacturing environment would be beneficial
• Experience of working with Finance systems and competent with Microsoft packages (knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP software would be beneficial but not essential)
• Strong commercial awareness with an appreciation of operational functions
• Ability to work closely with the SLT of the business to better communicate and understand the business needs
• Experience of effectively and appropriately challenging business processes, outputs, and standards to help drive continual improvement
• Experience of implementing formal compliance controls
• Experienced in managing and leading teams of colleagues and projects as well as being part of a project team.
• Relevant degree and/or equivalent experience
• Finance professional qualification is highly desirable

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in taking care of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package, including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days' paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included Group Inclusion Plan

We are passionate about creating inclusive and equitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve their full potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationships where everyone's contribution is valued - across social and cultural backgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities, neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and…