Financial Controller

Sheridan Maine; Great Bentley; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Management bonus

25 days' annual leave

5% employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Senior Leadership Team exposure

Job summary

Sheridan Maine is delighted to be working with an established business based in Colchester, Essex to recruit a Financial Controller. In this role you will oversee financial reporting, commercial finance, forecasting, cash flow and process improvement, working with colleagues across the business.

You will lead a small finance team, own month-end close, produce management accounts, and support budgeting and board reporting.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or part-qualified with ACA/ACCA/CIMA studies.
• Experience in manufacturing/project-based environments with WIP and margins.
• Proven ability to produce management accounts to tight deadlines.
• Strong budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and balance sheet skills.
• Experience delivering finance process or system improvements.
• External audit experience and knowledge of statutory/tax requirements.
• Advanced Excel modelling and Sage proficiency.
• Excellent communication with non-financial stakeholders.
• Proactive, commercially focused approach.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a small finance team with strong financial control and reporting.
• Own month-end close and prepare timely management accounts (P&L, balance sheet, cash flow, WIP).
• Prepare info for monthly Board/Group reporting with variance analysis.
• Lead annual budgeting, rolling forecasts and short-term cash flow planning.
• Collaborate with sales, estimating, production and project management to understand costs and margins.
• Provide commercial analysis to support pricing and capital investments.
• Improve project costing, WIP and margin reporting for visibility across projects.
• Drive finance improvement projects, strengthen controls and system integration.
• Coordinate year-end audits and statutory/tax matters with external advisers.

Skills

Excel modelling

Communication

Commercial insight

Stakeholder management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Sage

Job description

Financial Controller

Colchester, Essex £50,000-£60,000 + Management Bonus Office-based ASAP

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

Sheridan Maine is delighted to be working with an established business based in Colchester, Essex, to recruit a Financial Controller.

The Role

As Financial Controller, you will have a broad remit across financial reporting, commercial finance, forecasting, cash flow and process improvement. You will work closely with colleagues across the business, providing clear financial insight and helping to drive improvements.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and developing a small finance team, ensuring a high standard of financial control and reporting.
• Owning the month-end close and producing timely management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet, cash flow and WIP reporting.
• Preparing financial information for monthly Board and Group reporting, including meaningful variance analysis.
• Leading the annual budgeting process, rolling forecasts and short-term cash flow forecasting, while overseeing working capital management.
• Working closely with sales, estimating, production and project management teams to understand costs, margins and project performance.
• Providing commercial analysis to support pricing, capacity planning, capital investment and other key business decisions.
• Improving project costing, WIP and margin reporting to give greater visibility of performance throughout the project lifecycle.
• Leading finance improvement projects, including process automation, strengthening controls and improving the integration between finance systems.
• Managing year-end audit requirements and coordinating statutory, tax and VAT matters with external advisers.
• Contributing as a full member of the Senior Leadership Team, supporting wider business decisions beyond the finance function.

About You

We are looking for a commercially minded finance professional who can combine strong technical accounting skills with the confidence to work closely with operational and senior stakeholders.

You will ideally have:

• A recognised accountancy qualification or be part-qualified, with ACA, ACCA or CIMA studies.
• Experience in a manufacturing, engineering, construction or other project-based environment, with an understanding of WIP, job costing and project margins.
• Proven experience of producing accurate management accounts to tight deadlines.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting, forecasting, cash flow and balance sheet control.
• Experience of delivering finance process, reporting or system improvements.
• External audit experience and a good understanding of statutory and tax requirements.
• Strong Microsoft Excel modelling skills and a good working knowledge of Sage.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills, with the ability to explain financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• A proactive and commercially focused approach, with the confidence to challenge and support colleagues at all levels.

What's on Offer

• Salary: Up to £60,000 per annum
• Management bonus scheme
• 25 days' annual leave, plus bank holidays
• 5% employer pension contribution
• Private medical insurance
• The opportunity to join the Senior Leadership Team and make a genuine impact across an established business

Start date: ASAP

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.