(CR89) Financial Controller - Flooring Contractors

Carpet Roles UK; West Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Carpet Roles UK are seeking a Senior Financial Controller to oversee the financial health and operation of the business, reporting to the Board and driving profits and efficiencies. The role sits at head office in Staffordshire, with a 40-hour week, Monday to Friday, 8am–5pm.

Key duties include preparing reports, maintaining internal controls, budgeting, and coordinating with external auditors and tax specialists to ensure compliant, robust financial governance.

Qualifications

• Technical accounting expertise.
• Strong communication and leadership abilities.
• Ability to influence management and drive efficiencies.
• Proven budgeting and financial control experience.

Responsibilities

• Prepare financial reports and income statements.
• Monitor internal controls and financial transactions.
• Oversee monthly and quarterly numbers and disclosures.
• Collaborate with auditors and external tax accountants.
• Support budgeting and development of financial strategy.

Skills

Technical accounting

Leadership

Communication

Time management

People skills

Job description

Carpet Roles UK are delighted to be assisting their clients, a New Build Specialist Flooring Contractors with a reputation for delivering large Volume Installations on Housing Developments across the North West and Midlands Region in their search for a Senior role within their Management Team.

We are looking for a Financial Controller in this instance who will oversee complete control of the Financial health and operation of the Business, reporting to the Board and suggesting solutions to bring the company increased Profits and efficiencies moving forward.

This is a role that has evolved from the success of the company operations and is now the next step on their journey to becoming a larger organisation than they have thus far on their successful story. You will therefore be carving yourself a Key role moving forwards.

Overall Objectives

• Ensure that our clients meet the necessary tax, permit and licensing requirements.
• Collaborate with an executive team to establish more effective processes and controls to ensure the integrity of a company's ledger.
• Oversee all financial control activities, including the review and analysis of monthly and quarterly numbers and disclosures.
• Provide executive management with accurate and comprehensive financial information to guide effective policy making and financial strategy.
• Summarize budget trends, analyzing deficiencies and reporting variances to executives.
• Provide external auditors with the necessary documentation and support.
• Take care of tax preparation duties or collaborate with external tax accountants for tax preparation.

Day to Day duties

• Prepare financial reports.
• Analyze financial data.
• Monitor internal controls.
• Oversee and prepare income statements.
• Participate in budgeting.
• Manage financial transactions.
• Streamline accounting functions and operations.

Personal Attributes and Experience

• Technical accounting expertise
• Communication skills
• Basic understanding and acumen
• Leadership skills
• Ability to influence management
• People skills
• Ability to commission, deploy and monitor effectiveness
• Efficiency and time management
• Ideally from a similar Flooring or Construction Contractor background, this is not essential though.

The Rewards

Aside from the aforementioned key position within the organisation (our clients foresee this role initially sitting just below Board level but are open to discussions in the future) you will be rewarded with a starting salary (again our clients are open to negotiation) in the range £45-55k to start.

The Role will be based at our clients head office in Staffordshire and will be Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm.