UK Business Finance Controller

Athwal Resourcing Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A growing engineering services company in Birmingham seeks a UK Business Finance Controller to lead strategic financial management and drive performance. The ideal candidate will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong hands-on financial experience, excellent communication, and leadership skills. This role involves managing a finance team and ensuring compliance, while influencing decisions that shape the future of the organization. A competitive salary and benefits package is offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Collaborative culture

Qualifications

• Be ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or QBE with strong experience).
• Bring hands-on finance experience within an engineering or service-based environment.
• Demonstrate strong people-leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a capable finance team while ensuring financial integrity and compliance.
• Participate in business performance reviews and deliver insights.
• Drive process improvements across finance and operations.

Skills

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified

Hands-on finance experience

Strong communication skills

People-leadership skills

Analytical skills

Advanced Excel skills

Education

ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualification

Job description

Are you a hands-on Finance Manager or UK Finance Business Partner looking to step into a strategic leadership role within a fast-growing, technician-led engineering services business backed by an international healthcare group?

About the Role

This is a rare opportunity to sit at the heart of the senior leadership team, shaping financial strategy, driving performance and supporting the company’s ambitious growth plans.

You’ll play a pivotal role in a small but expanding UK service business within an International Group. Working closely with the Managing Director and functionally to the Director of Finance abroad, you’ll take full ownership of the UK finance function.

As UK Business Finance Controller, you’ll lead a capable finance team while remaining hands‑on with reporting, forecasting, controls and business partnering. You’ll ensure financial integrity, compliance with UK and Group accounting policies and provide clear insights that support strategic direction and decision‑making at a subsidiary level.

Financial Management & Control

Take full responsibility for monthly management accounts, quarterly and year‑end reporting.

Lead and oversee the finance function, ensuring accurate reporting and strong variance analysis.

Participate in business performance reviews, delivering clear insights into trends, risks, and opportunities.

Budgeting & Forecasting

Lead the preparation of forecasts, budgets and cashflow plans.

Ensure alignment with overall financial strategy, business targets and Group requirements.

Commercial Business Partnering

Act as a strategic partner to the MD and senior leadership team.

Provide insight on pricing, cost optimisation, profitability and investment decisions.

Support key commercial and operational decision‑making.

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, mentor and develop a small high‑performing finance team.

Set clear objectives, conduct appraisals and support professional growth.

HR & People Oversight

Serve as the primary HR contact for payroll, benefits and HR processes.

Support recruitment, onboarding and employee development initiatives.

Operational Continuous Improvement

Drive process improvements across finance and operations.

Enhancing efficiency, controls and reporting quality.

Compliance

Ensure compliance with UK accounting standards, all taxes (direct and indirect) and regulatory requirements, including import taxes.

Lead the audit process and liaise with external auditors and Group Finance.

This role offers real influence, you won’t just report the numbers, you’ll help shape decisions. Working within a UK‑international matrix, you’ll contribute directly to long‑term strategy in a business with substantial growth ambition.

Ideally, you will :

• Be ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified (or QBE with strong experience).
• Bring hands‑on finance experience within an engineering or service‑based environment, ideally in an international organisation.
• Have experience operating as part of a senior management team.
• Be an excellent communicator, able to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively.
• Demonstrate strong people‑leadership skills, having led and developed finance teams.
• Be comfortable rolling up your sleeves while also operating at a strategic level.
• Be highly analytical with advanced Excel and systems skills and able to explain financial information to non‑finance stakeholders.
• Have strong attention to detail and a commitment to financial integrity.
• HR experience would be advantageous.
• Thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment.

You’ll Be Joining

• A stable, profitable, cash‑generative UK business within an international group.
• A company with strong growth plans and a reputation for quality service.
• A collaborative culture built on respect, innovation, and shared success.
• A role where your contribution will genuinely influence the future of the UK business.
• A competitive salary and benefits package.

Ready to Take the Next Step?

If you’re a finance leader ready to shape both strategy and operations in an international organisation, this is your opportunity to step up as UK Business Finance Controller and make a meaningful impact.

Apply now or contact us for a confidential discussion, we’d love to hear from you