Financial Controller

Spirax-Sarco Engineering; Havant; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical health care

Competitive pension scheme

Volunteer leave (3 days)

Wellbeing day on top of annual leave

Job summary

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, is seeking a Financial Controller for its Havant site. You will drive day-to-day financial processes, deliver timely group reporting, and partner with SLT to influence strategic decisions.

The role offers a clear path for career growth within a global industrial engineering group. The ideal candidate has significant senior finance experience, professional accounting qualifications, and strong stakeholder management skills, with a

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a senior finance/accounting role.
• Strong commercial awareness with an appreciation of operational functions.
• Experience leading teams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Generate on-time monthly reporting, quarterly/annual forecasts, and statutory packs.
• Maintain relationships with SLT and department managers; convey financial information to non-finance areas.
• Serve as primary liaison with internal and external auditors and drive process improvements.

Skills

Senior finance experience

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Process improvement

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA

Tools

Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP

Job description

Job Title: Financial Controller
Location: BioPure - UK - Havant
Location Type: On-Site
Website: https://www.wmfts.com/en/
Group: https://www.spiraxgroup.com/

Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions is part of SpiraxGroup, a FTSE100 and FTSE4Good multi-national industrial engineering Groupwith expertise in the control and management of steam, electric thermalsolutions, peristaltic pumping and associated fluid technologies. When you join us, you will be integrated into a cooperative and encouragingteam, participate in challenging yet critical work, and experience ongoinggrowth opportunities to help you achieve your full potential. Visit ourwebsite to learn more.

Key Responsibilities

Are you an experienced FinanceProfessional looking to work for a highly successful Organisation where you canmake a difference?

You willbe part of our journey of growth at our state-of-the-art facility in Havant. Thefacility is a reasonable commute from the Southampton/Portsmouth area, has asubsidised restaurant, on site car and bike parking and has the latesttechnology and machinery to enable you to be a success, developing your skillsboth on the job and through gaining new qualifications, fully supported by us.

What’s in it for you?

You will have private medical health care, ahighly competitive pension scheme and inclusive employment practices. We giveall our employees 3 paid days volunteering and an extra wellbeing day on topofyour annual leave.

More about the role

The role will drive the day to day financial processes for Biopure. You will bepivotal in delivering on-time Group reporting for the site. In addition to managing and working closely with the Finance team, you willalso have a crucial business partnering role with the wider Senior LeadershipTeam (SLT) and Managing Director. You will work with non-finance managers todevelop strong business awareness and ownership of the financial impacts oftheir decisions, and support process efficiency improvements.

Key Accountabilities include

• You will be working directly with the Finance team to generate on-time monthly reporting, as well as quarterly/annual forecasts, and interim/annual statutory accounting packs and analysis, delivering reliable and accurate financial information.
• You will develop and maintain positive relationships with the senior leadership team and department managers and be able to convey financial information to non-financial areas of the business (including use of KPIs to track performance).
• You will be the point of contact for Group Finance with regard to analysis of results, with a dotted reporting line to the Global Supply Finance Partner. You will contribute to Group-wide Finance projects as and when required
• You will provide meaningful commercial analysis and insight; considering both the local supply margins and the wider Group profitability; this includes dealing with pricing, profitability, product range, and overhead review
• You will prepare business cases for capital investment, covering narrative to support ROI capex investments
• You will ensure compliance with government tax reporting and filing
• You will serve as primary liaison with both internal and external auditors, driving performance improvements where appropriate.
• You will provide oversite and leadership of local IT Services.

Skills/Experience

You might be wondering what skills you will need. Well ideally you will have

• Significant experience in a senior finance/accounting role
• Financial professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
• Experience within a manufacturing environment would be beneficial
• Experience of working with Finance systems and competent with Microsoft packages (knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP software would be beneficial but not essential)
• Strong commercial awareness with an appreciation of operational functions
• Ability to work closely with the SLT of the business to better communicate and understand the business needs
• Experience of effectively and appropriately challenging business processes, outputs, and standards to help drive continual improvement
• Experience of implementing formal compliance controls
• Experienced in managing and leading teams of colleagues and projects as well as being part of a project team.
• Relevant degree and/or equivalent experience
• Finance professional qualification is highly desirable

At Watson-Marlow, we believe in takingcare of our colleagues. We offer a generous benefits package,including:

• A competitive salary
• Flexible working arrangements
• A generous holiday allowance
• Three days’ paid volunteering leave
• Additional support and benefits through our Everyone is Included GroupInclusion Plan

Everyone is Included at Spirax Group

We are passionate about creating inclusive andequitable working cultures where everyone can be themselves and achieve theirfull potential. For us, that means supportive teams and strong relationshipswhere everyone’s contribution is valued - across social and culturalbackgrounds, ethnicities, ages, genders, gender identities, abilities,neurodiversity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, and everything elsethat makes us human and unique. We want everyone to be able to make their difference here, so we willalways consider requests for flexible working. We know that everyone needs some extra help from time to time too, so wehave introduced a range of additional benefits through our Group InclusionCommitments. These include

• Gender-neutral parental leave
• 15 days of extra paid caregiver leave
• Paid time off and support for anyone experiencing pregnancy loss ordomestic abuse
• Menopause-friendly workplace principles and more

Learn more at spiraxgroup.com/inclusion.

We are also a Disability Confident Committed Employer. Ifyou would like to apply using this scheme, please select this option in ourapplication form. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusiveand diverse workplace. We encourage candidates from all backgrounds toapply. If you require accommodations during the application process, please let usknow.

Company Overview

At Watson-Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions, part of Spirax Group, we aredriven by innovation and are dedicated to creating an inclusive workplacewhere everyone is empowered to make a difference. As a world leader inmanufacturing peristaltic pumps and associated fluid path technologies forthe life sciences and process industries, we offer a wide range of products,including tubing, specialised filling systems and products for single-useapplications. Our shared Purpose is to create sustainable value for all our stakeholdersas we engineer a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. Ourtechnologies play an essential role in critical industrial processes andindustrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage,Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors andHealthcare. With customers in 116 countries, we provide the solutions thatsit behind the production of many items used in daily life, from baked beansto mobile phones! Our inclusive culture and Values, unites us, guides our decisions andinspires us everywhere that we operate. We support our colleagues to maketheir difference for each other as well as customers, communities, suppliers,our planet and shareholders by creating a truly equitable working environmentwhere everyone feels included.