Overheads Controller

BMW Group; Farnborough; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive industry seeks a finance professional to manage financial planning and controlling for its UK operations. This role involves supporting cost centre managers, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and fostering strong relationships across the business. The ideal candidate will have a university degree, finance experience, and the ability to analyze and present financial information effectively. Flexible working arrangements are supported.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Job share options

Compressed hours

Part-time working options

Qualifications

• Finance/cost controlling experience with good business knowledge.
• Highly numerate, ability to challenge the business.
• Aptitude for analysing & presenting information.

Responsibilities

• Support Cost Centre Managers in expenditure controlling.
• Implement financial planning procedures and ensure accuracy.
• Prepare control accounts and ensure reconciliation.

Skills

Finance

Cost Controlling

Analytical Skills

Relationship Building

Education

University degree in Business Administration

Degree in Economics

Tools

SAP

Job description

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INNOVATION IS IMAGINING WHAT NO ONE ELSE CAN

SHARE YOUR PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE

Always under control, always with passion: those who want to shape the future need to keep track especially when it comes to goal-oriented corporate management. Thanks to extensive training and qualified teams, our finance colleagues create decisive added value for the BMW Group anew every day because they know what really counts.

This role is responsible for financial planning, controlling and provision of management support in relation to the overhead costs of one or more business areas of BMW UK and Ireland. As well as planning, controlling and accounting for one or more related topics such as headcount, centrally controlled overhead topics and functional guidance of accounts payable. This role is based at the Summit ONE Campus in Farnborough.

What awaits you?

• Challenge and support Cost Centre Managers on all aspects of their expenditure to ensure effective cost centre controlling and overall achievement of company targets
• Implement robust financial planning procedures with Cost Centre Managers to ensure Company and Group targets are adhered to as part of the budgeting and forecasting processes
• Ensure accuracy of financial reporting at month end/year end by making the necessary accruals and provisions and providing detailed variance analysis to the Overheads Controlling Manager so that corrective action can be taken
• Evaluate business cases/proposals and use judgement to provide guidance to the relevant business areas and senior management.
• Preparation of control accounts including analysis and investigation of reconciling items to ensure that accounts are fully reconciled with SAP IFT and in accordance with IFRS.
• Educate Cost Centre Managers and Requisitioners in financial best practice and ensure adherence to company policies and processes
• Building strong relationships with key contacts whilst being able to challenge assumptions
• Occasional UK/Ireland travel may be requested to support wider teams if required

What should you bring along?

• University degree, preferably in Business Administration, Economics or similar.
• Finance / cost controlling experience with good business knowledge.
• Highly numerate, ability to challenge the business and build relationships with non-financial business managers and to deliver high quality result within time pressured environment
• Knowledge of SAP
• Aptitude for analysing & presenting information
• High level of motivation, innovation and team-working

Closing Date: Friday 23rd May 2025

In 2025 BMW Group UK was recognised as a Top Employer. We invest in our employees and embrace a culture of flexible working as well as promoting a positive, supportive culture and working environment. We are based in prestigious offices in Farnborough that provide a great place to work with good people and an exciting, engaging, industry leading brand.

At BMW Group, we are committed to offering our employees the right balance between work and personal life.We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and for most roles, it could be possible to agree flexible hours, job share, compressed hours or part-time working hours and so please discuss your individual requirements as part of the application process so we can try to agree a suitable arrangement. [For this role, we also support a hybrid model which combines remote and office working.] #LI-Hybrid

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