Financial Controller

Cognisant; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A property development company in the West Midlands is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to manage their finance team and assist the Finance Director in decision-making. The successful candidate will be a qualified accountant with expertise in the housebuilding sector, strong technical accounting skills, and the ability to provide financial insights. This role offers a salary of £85,000 plus a bonus, car, and benefits.

Benefits

Bonus

Company car

Additional benefits

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience operating within the housebuilding sector.
• Ability to challenge and influence at a senior level.
• Experience in budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the finance team, embedding best practices.
• Oversee all financial reporting across multiple sites.
• Budgeting, forecasting, and cash flow management.
• Maintain strong financial controls and audit compliance.
• Partner with various teams to provide financial insight.
• Manage treasury and bank reporting.

Skills

Strong technical accounting knowledge

Commercial acumen

Experience in the housebuilding sector

Team leadership

Education

Qualified accountant

Job description

Financial Controller – Property Developer.

West Midlands.

Salary : £85,000 + bonus, car and benefits.

Cognisant is partnering with a highly respected property developer in the West Midlands who are looking to appoint a Financial Controller to join their growing business. This is a great opportunity for a qualified and commercially focused accountant to take control of managing a small team whilst supporting the Finance Director on broader commercial decisions.

Key responsibilities include :

• Lead and support the finance team, embedding best practice, accountability, and process improvement.
• Oversee all financial reporting, ensuring accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end accounts across multiple development sites.
• Budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management, providing robust analysis on site performance, build costs, sales progress and margin delivery.
• Maintain strong financial controls, audit compliance and governance processes, ensuring adherence to land acquisition, development and construction finance policies.
• Partner with Commercial, Land, Technical and Construction teams to provide financial insight, challenge assumptions and support decision-making on new and existing developments.
• Manage treasury, working capital and bank reporting, ensuring effective liquidity management throughout each project lifecycle.

You’ll be a qualified accountant with demonstrable experience operating within the housebuilding sector. You will combine strong technical accounting knowledge with commercial acumen and the ability to challenge and influence at a senior level.

For further details, please contact [e-mail] or call 07764 753 404.