Hybrid Financial Controller: Strategic Finance Leader

Clearmark Solutions Limited; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 days holiday

Flexible working hours

Professional onboarding and training

Powerful team looking forward to work

Career coaching and development

Health benefits

Job summary

Clearmark Solutions Limited is seeking a Financial Controller to lead the finance function, ensuring robust controls, accurate reporting, and effective cash management. You will manage a team of 4 and partner with the Northern Europe FD to drive commercial insights and governance.

This hybrid role requires hands-on financial leadership in a manufacturing/B2B environment, with responsibilities spanning month-end, budgeting, forecasting, auditing, and process improvement.

Qualifications

• ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualified or equivalent.
• Hands-on controlling experience using SAP Business One.
• 3-5 years' experience in manufacturing or B2B FC role.
• Experience with month-end reporting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Strong balance sheet, cash flow and working capital knowledge.
• Experience supporting or leading statutory audits.
• Strong Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Excellent communication of financial information to non-finance stakeholders.
• Proven ability to lead and develop a finance team.
• Desirable: finance system/process improvement and business integration.
• Confident and constructive with stakeholder influence.
• Continuous improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Lead month-end close and deliver timely financial reporting with strong balance sheet control.
• Partner with operations on performance, forecasting, budgeting; drive corrective actions.
• Manage cash flow and working capital; oversee credit control and receivables.
• Coordinate annual statutory and internal audits; ensure compliance.
• Lead and develop the Finance team; set priorities and delegate.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate finance processes.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash flow management

Stakeholder communication

Team leadership

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA

Tools

SAP Business One

Job description

Clearmark Solutions Limited is seeking a Financial Controller to lead the finance function, ensuring robust controls, accurate reporting, and effective cash management. You will manage a team of 4 and partner with the Northern Europe FD to drive commercial insights and governance.

This hybrid role requires hands-on financial leadership in a manufacturing/B2B environment, with responsibilities spanning month-end, budgeting, forecasting, auditing, and process improvement.