Senior Finance Controller - Construction & Housebuilding

Building Careers UK; Runcorn; On-site; GBP 48,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent package

Senior finance position

Opportunities to work with Directors

Long-term career development

Job summary

Building Careers UK is partnering with an established construction and housebuilding business to recruit a Financial Controller. You will oversee financial management and reporting, ensuring accurate information to support senior management decisions and commercial activity.

The role combines hands-on accounting with strategic finance, including budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and improving controls and systems, with close collaboration across Directors and operational teams.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Financial Controller/Finance Manager roles.
• Experience in construction/housebuilding sectors essential.
• Strong technical understanding of management accounts and financial reporting.
• Experience with budgeting, forecasting and cashflow management.
• Strong commercial awareness and ability to interpret financial information.
• Experience working with Directors and operational stakeholders.
• Good balance sheet reconciliations, journals and month-end procedures.
• Experience improving financial processes, reporting controls and systems.
• Strong Excel skills and confidence with finance systems.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Autonomous, able to manage priorities and own the finance function.
• Proactive and commercially minded problem-solver.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and deliver monthly management accounts.
• Oversee financial reporting and timely production of information.
• Manage balance sheet reconciliations, journals and month-end processes.
• Monitor performance against budgets and forecasts.
• Provide financial reports to Directors and senior stakeholders.
• Maintain financial controls and procedures.
• Support year-end accounts and external audits.
• Collaborate with Directors and managers to support commercial decisions.
• Provide financial analysis and insights into performance.
• Monitor project costs, margins and profitability.

Skills

Financial management

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cashflow management

Commercial awareness

Stakeholder management

Excel skills

Autonomy

Problem-solving

Education

CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualified or part-qualified

Job description

Building Careers UK is partnering with an established construction and housebuilding business to recruit a Financial Controller. You will oversee financial management and reporting, ensuring accurate information to support senior management decisions and commercial activity.

The role combines hands-on accounting with strategic finance, including budgeting, forecasting, cashflow, and improving controls and systems, with close collaboration across Directors and operational teams.