Financial Controller

Real careers, long term opportunities, and a great employer.

• Working Hours:
  
  40 (Monday to Friday, office-based)
• Location:
  
  Aldridge, West Midlands
• Contract Type:
  Permanent
• Start Date:
  
  ASAP

We’re looking for an experienced Financial Controller to lead and continually improve our finance function, ensuring the business has accurate, timely and meaningful financial information to support effective decision-making.

This is a broad and influential finance role, combining financial control and reporting with strategic planning, business improvement and leadership. If you’re commercially minded, confident working across different areas of a business and motivated by making financial information genuinely useful to operational teams, this could be the role for you.

As Financial Controller, you’ll report directly to the Managing Director and take responsibility for the performance and effectiveness of the finance function, with direct responsibility for the Accounts team.

You’ll oversee everything from management accounts, budgeting, forecasting and cash flow through to statutory reporting, financial controls and strategic financial planning. A key part of the role will also be strengthening the relationship between finance and operational teams, helping the wider business better understand financial performance and identify opportunities for improvement.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring financial reporting is accurate and timely, while making management information accessible and meaningful to managers across the business.

• Managing the production of accurate and timely management information, including monthly management accounts, variance analysis and KPIs.
• Leading budgeting, forecasting, cash flow, Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss management, cost accounting and variance analysis.
• Supporting the manufacturing areas of the business to improve costing and efficiencies.
• Supporting strategic financial planning, including funding, capital investment, payback calculations, acquisitions and disposals, grants and foreign exchange opportunities.
• Managing statutory accounts and reporting requirements, including VAT returns, Corporation Tax and Capital Allowances.
• Overseeing financial controls across sales ledger, purchase ledger, banking, debtors, creditors, fixed assets and other control accounts.
• Managing intercompany transactions and reconciliations.
• Maintaining the integrity of financial information across departmental systems and the accounts system.
• Ensuring Accounts department processes are documented, maintained and kept up to date within the Quality Management System.
• Identifying opportunities to improve systems, working practices, cost efficiency and the overall effectiveness of the finance function.
• Building stronger links between finance and operational teams to support and influence business improvements.
• Supporting and developing junior members of the Accounts team.
• Maintaining effective relationships with customers and suppliers while ensuring sensitive financial, customer, supplier and employee information remains secure.

We’re looking for someone CIMA qualified who combines strong financial expertise with commercial awareness, and a genuine interest in how the wider business operates. You’ll be comfortable taking ownership of the finance function while working collaboratively with colleagues across different departments. You’ll have an excellent understanding of accounting in a manufacturing environment for an SME.

You’ll also bring:

• Cost accounting capabilities.
• Strong financial management and reporting capabilities.
• The ability to produce accurate, reliable and meaningful management information.
• Experience of budgeting, forecasting,…