GRG Executive Search Hiring for UK Financial Controller at West Midlands (Region) Full Time

Job Summary

A UK Financial Controller opportunity, based in the West Midlands. This role will focus on a significant UK facility, but will have responsibilities that span the entire business, within a global manufacturing group. You will be a key member of the finance leadership team. The Finance Team are on a journey of operational excellence and there is a genuine opportunity to make a real difference and to progress your finance career into a director role.

About Our Client

Our client is a part of a highly successful global, manufacturing group. A market leading group they are able to offer the best in innovation and technology for the industries they serve and are redefining their sector and continuing to grow.

The UK remains a key area of geographic focus and this is a high-profile opportunity, based at a significant UK facility, and with responsibilities that span the whole business. The Finance Team are on a journey of operational excellence, and there is the opportunity to be involved in this and be part of the future of the wider finance organisation and progress your career.

They are absolutely committed to diversity, equity and inclusion and believe a multitude of approaches and ideas enable them to deliver the best results for their workforce, workplace, and customers. The successful candidate will be empowered with the flexibility to achieve their career goals and reach their full potential.

The Role

This is a high-profile UK Financial Controller opportunity in the West Midlands. The role will focus on a significant UK facility in the West Midlands and with responsibilities that span the whole business and two other UK sites. We are looking for an experienced leader of people and process in a central finance environment. Development and growth of the team will be key, with a focus and drive for process excellence.

You will be leading an experienced team of accountants and analysts, providing accurate and timely analysis to finance business partners and key stakeholders within the business to support decision making and contribute to the achievement of business objectives. You will be providing a clear focus on driving improved performance, process excellence and accounting control.

This represents a great opportunity to then progress a career within this highly successful global, manufacturing group.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Working with the UK Finance Business Partner teams for overall responsibility of the results, forecasting and forecast accuracy of the business
• Driving a one team approach as the central point of contact for the UK Finance team
• Support on high level control initiatives, accounting briefs, quarterly accounting reviews, site financing proposals, statutory audits, transfer pricing reviews and tax oversight
• Maintaining a robust controls environment through control performance and testing of controls
• Collaborate with other finance teams spanning Controls, FP&A, Commercial and Cost Reduction
• Work with the Shared Service Centre to resolve issues and drive continuous improvement
• Build, coach and develop a high performing central finance team
• Guide and support adherence to the weekly, monthly, and quarterly ing timetable
• Provide robust data analytics and ing to support business requests
• Drive process excellence across all aspects of the team, with a focus on automation and centralisation
• Play an active role in the leadership of best practice and collaborate across the wider FLT

Candidate Profile

For this UK Financial Controller opportunity in the West Midlands, you will be a qualified accountant, ACA or equivalent (ideally Practice trained), and an experienced leader of people and process in a central finance environment of a large corporate. Preferably an industrial manufacturing/engineering business and experience of a matrix/ cross functional environment

Must have a proven technical accounting track record and an understanding of the operational processes in a manufacturing business and how they impact the financials across the income statement and balance sheet

It is also important that you are comfortable leading change, capable of influencing at all levels and understand what a best-in class finance function looks like within a large corporate environment

Experience in lean/continuous improvement techniques would also be advantageous, and a good awareness of finance systems and automation

A successful track record in establishing high performing finance teams will be important, and an ability to manage complex and diverse environments, whilst still promoting a culture of continuous improvement, as a dynamic and hands-on leader. You will need to highlight risks and opportunities in existing processes

A curious mindset, someone who constantly reviews and challenges the status quo

Experience of ERP systems, specifically SAP would be advantageous

They are able to offer a flexible/ hybrid working pattern. They recognise that flexibility is important and fully support that agenda.

What is on Offer

Six figure package

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