Commercial Focused Financial Controller

Robert Walters UK; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing SME in Derby seeks a Financial Controller to oversee financial reporting and drive strategic insights. This role offers a genuine seat at the leadership table and the chance to lead a finance team while enhancing operational processes. The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with a strong commercial finance background, capable of blending financial control with strategic insight.

Benefits

Bonus

Private Medical

25 Days Holiday

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong commercial finance background.
• Experience in manufacturing or product-based environments.

Responsibilities

• Ownership of reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and margin analysis.
• Lead a small finance team and improve controls and processes.
• Work alongside CFO to embed finance into strategic conversations.

Skills

Commercial Finance

Financial Control

Strategic Insight

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Proactive

Education

ACCA

CIMA

ACA

Job description

We’re partnering with a fast-growing, PE-backed SME in Derby to recruit a commercially focused Financial Controller — someone confident both in financial reporting and in driving strategic insight across the wider business.The company operates as a diverse group of businesses with revenues around £40M.

What’s on offer:

A high-impact, commercially focused Financial Controller role — combining ownership of reporting, budgeting, forecasting and margin analysis with hands-on input into pricing, production and R&D decisions.

Genuine seat at the table: working alongside the CFO and wider leadership team to embed finance more deeply into commercial conversations and operational strategy.

Visibility across a broad business — from the Derbyshire manufacturing base to international territories, ecommerce performance and future M&A activity.

Opportunity to build and lead a small finance team while improving controls, systems and processes as the business scales.

What they’re looking for:

A qualified accountant (ACCA/CIMA/ACA) with a strong grounding in commercial finance, ideally from a manufacturing, engineering or product-based environment.

Someone who can blend financial control with strategic insight — capable of producing the numbers, but also challenging them.

Confident working cross-functionally with non-finance stakeholders (think ops, engineering, commercial).

Naturally proactive, curious, and solutions-focused — someone who thrives in fast-moving, evolving environments.

The role will be based primarily on site, certainly initially as relationships are formed etc.

Package wise, the business are offering £70,000-£75,000 per annum, plus a bonus, private medical, and 25 days holiday.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

About the job

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Accountancy & Finance

Focus: Finance Manager

Industry: Manufacturing and Production

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Senior Management

Contract Type: FULL_TIME

Specialism: Accountancy & Finance

Focus: Finance Manager

Industry: Manufacturing and Production

Salary: £70,000 - £75,000 per annum + Bonus, Private Medical

Workplace Type: On-site

Experience Level: Senior Management

Location: Derbyshire

FULL_TIME

Job Reference: BUIZB9-207AED5D

Date posted: 13 May 2025

Consultant: Peter Maxey

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