Financial Controller

Euro-Projects Recruitment Ltd; Bicester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Euro-Projects Recruitment Ltd near Oxford/Bicester is recruiting a Financial Controller for a growing engineering & manufacturing business. Reporting to the MD, you will be a senior leader driving finance strategy and commercial decisions. You will lead digital transformation, enhance systems, controls and reporting, and drive business-wide process improvement.

Focus on margin, performance visibility and future growth. Hybrid work is available; on-site presence preferred.

Qualifications

• Strong commercial finance capability.
• Experience operating at FD / Finance Director level, or potentially a strong FC ready for the step up into a finance director careers role.
• Experience improving systems, processes and ways of working.
• An appetite for digital transformation.
• The confidence to challenge and influence the MD and wider leadership team.
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach.
• The ability to turn ideas into action.
• Strong communication and people skills.

Responsibilities

• Finance strategy and commercial decision-making
• Digital transformation and systems
• Finance processes, controls and reporting
• Business-wide process improvement
• Management information and visibility of performance
• Margin improvement and profitability
• Leadership team development
• Future growth strategy

Skills

Strong commercial finance

FD/Finance Director level

Digital transformation

Communication

Hands-on

Job description

Financial Controller

Are you seeking FC jobs / Financial Controller jobs or FD jobs or Finance Director jobs in Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Aylesbury, Buckingham or across Oxfordshire?

• FC jobs role - number 1 in Finance report to MD. Transition to FD quickly. 70 - 80 manufacturing / engineering business - growing SME - position created due to growth
• Business has recently invested £1.1m in new plant/equipment to help drive further R&D projects with blue chip engineering businesses
• FC jobs role / Finance Director jobs role - we would also look at Financial Controllers / FC s who are seeking to make that step from an FC role into a FD jobs role / Finance Director jobs role
• Some work from home/hybrid available but mostly on site if possible. Salary TBC likely to be £90,000 - £100,000 but newly created role due to growth so salary is still TBC

We are working with an established and growing specialist engineering & manufacturing business based near Oxford/Bicester that is now looking to appoint a commercially minded FC / Finance Director as part of the next stage of its growth.

This is not a traditional “keep the numbers ticking over” Fc jobs role / FD jobs role.

The business has good fundamentals, a strong customer base and has grown significantly over recent years. However, some of the infrastructure, systems and processes have not kept pace with that growth.

The Financial Controller jobs opportunity is to come in and help change that.

The FC jobs role overview

Reporting directly to the MD, you will become a key member of the senior leadership team/board of directors.

• Finance strategy and commercial decision-making
• Digital transformation and systems
• Finance processes, controls and reporting
• Business-wide process improvement
• Management information and visibility of performance
• Margin improvement and profitability
• Leadership team development
• Future growth strategy

What are they looking for in this FC jobs role?

• Strong commercial finance capability
• Experience operating at FD / Finance Director level, or potentially a strong FC ready for the step up into a finance director careers role
• Experience improving systems, processes and ways of working
• An appetite for digital transformation
• The confidence to challenge and influence the MD and wider leadership team
• A pragmatic, hands-on approach
• The ability to turn ideas into action
• Strong communication and people skills

They are not looking for someone who simply wants to inherit an established finance function and maintain it.

This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys walking into a business, understanding how it works, identifying what needs to change and then getting on with making it happen.

If you are considering FC jobs or Finance Director jobs in Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Buckingham or the wider Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire area, we'd be interested in speaking with you.

Equally, if you're currently a Financial Controller, Finance Director or senior commercial finance professional and are looking for a role where you can have genuine influence rather than simply manage an existing function, this could be worth a conversation.

“Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful. We thank you for taking the time to apply”