Financial Controller

Sheridan Maine - Accountancy & Finance Recruitment; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading business seeks a proactive Financial Controller to join their UK finance function. This role offers the opportunity to lead finance operations, provide strategic insights, and enhance financial processes within a collaborative company culture. Ideal for experienced accountants looking to make a significant impact within their business.

Benefits

Hybrid working options

Supportive business culture

Excellent salary and benefits package

Qualifications

• Project accounting experience is essential.
• Leading and developing finance teams is required.
• A proactive and solution-focused approach is needed.

Responsibilities

• Lead the finance function and manage monthly accounts.
• Act as a strategic business partner to senior leadership.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting processes.

Skills

Commercially astute

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

People management

Education

Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

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“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” Jack Welch.

Sheridan Maine is delighted to be partnering with an established and highly respected organisation that is renowned for its supportive and collaborative culture. They are seeking a proactive and commercially minded Financial Controller to play a key leadership role within their UK finance function.

This role offers the chance to join a forward-thinking business where finance is valued as a key function across the organisation. You’ll work closely with senior stakeholders, providing financial insights and support strategic decision making.

Your responsibilities as the Financial Controller will include:

• Lead the finance function, including monthly management accounts, quarterly reporting, and financial controls.
• Act as a strategic business partner to senior leadership, supporting the team with financial insight, strategy development, and tactical planning.
• Identify and manage commercial risks, ensuring appropriate evaluation, mitigation, or escalation.
• Consolidate financial reporting, ensuring accuracy and clarity.
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with key stakeholders.
• Attend project board meetings, offering financial and commercial decision support.
• Manage budgeting and forecasting processes.
• Collaborate with group and regional finance teams to ensure alignment and consistency
• Oversee and improve finance systems and processes.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and wellbeing support to the UK finance team.

To be considered for the role of Financial Controller, you will require the following skills and experience:

• Professionally qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent).
• Project accounting experience is essential coupled with an understanding of project lifecycles and exposure to stakeholder management.
• Commercially astute, with a proactive and solution-focused approach.
• Proven experience in leading and developing finance teams, with a strong emphasis on wellbeing and mental health awareness. A people-focused leader who combines technical expertise with a compassionate, person-centred approach is essential.

What’s on Offer:

• Be part of a highly respected and established organisation.
• Join a genuinely supportive and values-driven business culture
• Benefit from hybrid working, with flexibility to be based in either Bath or London.
• Excellent salary and benefits package.

If you’re an experienced finance professional looking for your next opportunity in a supportive and forward-thinking business, we’d love to hear from you. Click “apply” today to take the next step in your career.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction.

Due to the high volume of applications, it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days, please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Accounting/Auditing, Finance, and Management

• Industries

  Business Consulting and Services, Civil Engineering, and Engineering Services

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