Head of Controlling & Reporting

Heidelberg Materials AG; Chipping Sodbury; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading construction materials company located in Chipping Sodbury is seeking an International BSC Head of Controlling & Reporting. This role involves managing financial operations for multiple countries, ensuring compliance with audit processes, and leading a team of finance professionals. The ideal candidate is a qualified accountant with extensive experience in financial analysis and process optimization. This position offers a significant impact on business performance through informed financial decisions and strategic input.

Qualifications

• Qualified Accountant with at least 5 years of experience in financial management.
• Excellent understanding of financial and management accounting.
• Experience in liaising with senior management on finance matters.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage budget and forecast processes.
• Oversee internal and external audit processes.
• Prepare complex data analysis and presentations for senior leadership.

Skills

Financial analysis

Team management

Process optimization

Risk management

Reporting and KPI development

Education

Qualified Accountant (CIMA / ACCA / ACA)

Job description

The Heidelberg Materials (HM) International Business Service Centre (BSC) provides administrative, transactional and accounting services to in-scope HM companies.

The International BSC Head of Controlling & Reporting will utilise extensive finance expertise and business understanding to develop and maintain meaningful analysis and provide a support function to the BSC Senior Leadership Team (SLT). The role will enhance business performance by influencing the business in making informed decisions, by collecting, analysing and providing accurate, useful financial and end to end process information.

The International BSC Head of Operations Support leads a team which provides first line query management support, and applies deep process and system knowledge to resolve issue arising and support internal optimisation and projects. In addition the role ensures that the satellite offices run in line with BSC processes and best practice.

• Dotted line responsibility for other SSC teams, to deliver balance sheet and process controls
• SSC financial and non-financial KPI reporting and controlling

Key accountabilities

BSC Controlling

• Manage budget and forecast processes within the SSC to ensure full transparency and accountability for FTE and departmental costs
• Responsible for budget and forecast for all income, and managing the process for invoicing and accruing actual charges
• Oversee and validate controls, including (but not limited to) segregation of duties, conflicts of interest, quality controls (avoidance of errors) and fraud controls.
• Management of all internal and external audit processes and relationships, across all in-scope countries and processes
• Monitor processes and controls on an ongoing basis to ensure that no issues arise during audits
• Review and challenge balance sheet processes across all SSC controlled accounts, to ensure accuracy, integrity and process efficiency throughout.
• Dotted line responsibility for all BSC departments to ensure processes are run in accordance with local regulations

Reporting

• Develop KPIs and related reporting to ensure that appropriate and timely data on SSC processes is available to the SSC and its stakeholders
• Maximise automation potential of internal and external reporting
• Utilise data mining tools where available to identify any bottle necks in processes and provide this information to operation and process optimisation teams for resolution the most time on and decreasing to the one they would spend the least time on.
• Prepare complex and technical data and root cause analysis on matters arising across the BSC
• Prepare presentations for senior leadership, including Group Board Members, including all aspects of BSC activities (processes, projects and finances)

Oversight of BSC satellite offices

• Review and monitor KPI data for satellite offices identifying potential risks before they become issues
• Close liaison with satellite site management, to ensure that all activities are delivered in compliance with documented BSC processes.
• Foster strong, influential relationships with satellite senior leadership, to ensure strategies remain aligned, and that business case benefits (included finances and efficiencies) are met.

Projects

• Deliver wide ranging consultancy projects on an international basis, acting as the subject matter expert on group standard systems, processes and international accounting standards
• Utilize the BSC and Group network or experts to feed additional knowledge and skills into consultancy assignments.
• Travel outside of the UK for assignments as agreed with the Managing Director.

Financial & Non-Financial accountabilities (capture size of role e.g. budget responsibility)

• Team size: Circa 4 direct reports.
• Indirect line to whole BSC scope
• Budget management: Process scope across c. 20 different countries, £10m turnover £15m associated costs 300 FTE

Education/Qualification

Finance Competence

• Qualified Accountant + 5 Years CIMA / ACCA / ACA
• Excellent financial and management accounting skills.
• Understanding / experience of working to Group deadlines as well as internal guidelines
• Experience of working with non-financial management and explaining financial concepts advantageous
• Comfortable dealing with senior management / directors
• Strong understanding of risk and control processes
• Ability to identify, prioritise and implement change
• Good knowledge of working practices and chart of accounts
• Experience of managing a team of accountants of varying degrees of experience / qualification
• Strong work ethic to achieve tight deadlines
• Pro-active approach to process improvements