Senior Financial Controller

Abacus Consulting; Kettering; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Abacus Consulting, a family-owned multi-site manufacturer, seeks a Senior Financial Controller to own the finance function, mentor the team and drive modernisation. This embedded, hands-on role will run day-to-day finance, strengthen controls and provide trusted commercial and financial advice to the MD.

You will partner with leadership and operational teams to improve reporting, performance insights and financial governance across sites, delivering real financial grip for the business's next

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant or substantial experience in finance leadership.
• Experience as Financial Controller or senior finance manager in SME.
• Hands-on with attention to detail and big-picture thinking.
• Honest with the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Long-term commitment and desire to grow with the business.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of financial statements
• Lead the reporting cycle and maintain accurate accounting records
• Work closely with leadership and operational teams
• Provide clear insight into business performance
• Drive financial controls and process improvements across sites

Skills

Hands-on

Financial analysis

People leadership

Strategic thinking

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA or equivalent experience

Job description

Senior finance opportunity in an SME, offering a genuine progression opportunity Abacus Consulting is partnering with a family-owned, multi-site business who are a long-standing manufacturer of high-quality, bespoke products. We are looking for a hands-on Senior Financial Controller to take ownership of our client's finance function, lead and mentor the team and bring the modernisation that gives them real financial grip. This is an embedded, hands-on role. You will run the day-to-day finance function, strengthen controls and reporting, and act as a trusted right hand to the Managing Director on the commercial and financial decisions that shape their future.

• Day to day, you will oversee the preparation of financial statements


• Lead the reporting cycle and keep accurate accounting records in line with relevant standards


• You will work closely with the leadership and operational teams


• Provide clear insight into business performance


• Drive financial controls and process improvements across sites

Essential for the successful Senior Financial Controller:

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, CIMA or ACA), or qualified by substantial experience.


• Proven experience as a Financial Controller or senior finance manager in an SME.


• Hands-on and practical, comfortable getting into the detail as well as seeing the bigger picture.


• Honest, with the confidence to challenge constructively.


• Committed for the long term, keen to grow with the business and to leave a lasting mark on it.

If you are now in a point in your career where you want to add real value to the business you partner with, have autonomy over the finance function with a genuine operational leadership opportunity, then this is the role for you!