Strategic Business Controller

TN United Kingdom; Crawley; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated financial support professional to enhance business operations and R&D processes. In this role, you'll provide critical insights into investment appraisals and budgeting, ensuring alignment with strategic goals. You'll leverage your analytical skills to optimize financial governance frameworks and support project costing in a dynamic environment. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact on financial decision-making and foster strong relationships across various business functions. Join a forward-thinking organization that values integrity and collaboration in its pursuit of excellence.

Qualifications

• Professionally qualified accountant (CIMA/ACCA preferred).
• Strong knowledge in investment appraisal and financial control.

Responsibilities

• Support Business Line Management in investment appraisal and ROI calculations.
• Ensure clear analysis of R&D project costs in a multi-site environment.

Skills

Analytical skills

Investment appraisal

Financial control governance frameworks

Relationship building

Data handling

Education

CIMA/ACCA qualification

Job description

To provide financial and other business support to both the Business Line Management and R&D groups. Concentrating on the Product Creation Process (PCP), the focus will be on supporting activities and challenge assumptions to ensure that expenditure is optimized and in line with business strategy.

Business Line Management Support:

Supporting Business Line Management in Investment Appraisal and ROI calculations (challenging assumptions, calibrating competing proposals, and retrospectively reviewing benefits delivered/achieved).

R&D Support:

1. Project Costing and Reporting - Ensuring clear analysis of R&D project costs in a multi-site environment, supporting R&D (developing and maintaining global structure and reporting solutions).
2. Planning, Forecasting and Budgeting: Support capacity planning on an operational basis, and structurally support budget & forecast process.
3. R&D Capitalisation / amortisation - Drive the harmonisation of the R&D Capitalization and amortization process, guiding and recommending process and executing.

RELEVANT KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES:

1. Professionally qualified accountant (CIMA / ACCA preferred).
2. Background in both Financial and Management Accounting environment.
3. Strong knowledge and experience in investment appraisal is essential.
4. Background in developing financial control governance frameworks.
5. Background in R&D project control is essential.
6. Analytical skills; strong capability in structuring and simplifying complex issues and handling large amounts of data.
7. Work with a high degree of integrity and composure.
8. Ability to visualize and develop narrative for financial results for both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
9. Ability to build quality relationships to successfully business partner.

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