Financial Controller

Phipps Cameron; Warrington; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Phipps Cameron is seeking a Financial Controller based in Warrington to join the Senior Management Team. This pivotal role involves overseeing all financial aspects of the business, including delivering management accounts, providing commercial insights, and managing a finance team. Candidates must be a qualified accountant with expertise in UK GAAP and experience in complex financial operations. This position plays a critical role in supporting strategic growth within a private equity backed environment.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong technical expertise across UK GAAP, tax compliance, and statutory reporting.
• Proven experience managing core finance operations in complex, multi-site environments.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a finance team, fostering strong financial discipline and accuracy.
• Deliver monthly management accounts and reporting packs for senior stakeholders.
• Provide commercial insight and financial analysis to support strategic decision making.
• Oversee end-to-end finance operations, controls, and compliance.

Skills

Financial analysis

Budgeting

Cash flow management

Strong analytical capability

Financial reporting

Education

Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)

Job description

We are working with a mid-sized private equity backed organisation based in Warrington to appoint a Financial Controller.

As Financial Controller, you will be a key member of the Senior Management Team, working closely with the wider leadership team to oversee all financial aspects of the business. You will play a central role in driving high quality financial management, optimising working capital, supporting strategic decision making and enabling the company’s continued growth.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a finance team, fostering strong financial discipline, accuracy and continuous improvement across day to day operations.
• Deliver monthly management accounts and reporting packs for senior stakeholders, enhancing processes to improve the quality, clarity, and timeliness of financial information.
• Provide commercial insight and financial analysis to support strategic decision making, including budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management and project performance tracking.
• Oversee end to end finance operations, controls and compliance whilst driving process and system improvements across the wider business.

Candidate Profile

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA or equivalent)
• Strong technical expertise across UK GAAP, tax compliance and statutory reporting.
• Proven experience managing core finance operations in complex, multi-site environments including financial controls, month end close, management accounts, cash flow forecasting and WIP accounting.
• Commercially astute with strong analytical capability.

For more information, please apply for this role or contact Elliot O'Shea-Cowan at [e-mail]