Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Alfreton | Hybrid

£75,000 – £85,000

SF Recruitment are working with a PE-backed business in Alfreton to recruit a Financial Controller. Reporting directly to the CFO, this is a broad leadership role with responsibility for the day-to-day finance function across the Group. You'll lead and develop the finance team whilst ensuring the business has strong reporting, controls and financial information to support its continued development. It's a good opportunity for an established Financial Controller, or a strong Senior Finance Manager ready to take on broader ownership, who enjoys being close to both the numbers and the wider business.

The role

You'll take responsibility for:

Leading, mentoring and developing the finance team

Ownership of month-end and year-end reporting

Producing management accounts and reporting packs for senior leadership

Maintaining strong balance sheet controls and reconciliations

Cash flow forecasting, treasury and working capital oversight

Leading annual budgets, rolling forecasts and scenario planning

Providing profitability, KPI and commercial analysis to the leadership team

Supporting operational stakeholders with financial insight and decision-making

Managing the external audit and statutory reporting process

Overseeing VAT and other statutory returns

Improving finance processes, controls, reporting and systems

Supporting the CFO with wider finance projects and strategic initiatives

What we're looking for

Ideally you'll be:

ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified

Experienced at Financial Controller, Senior Finance Manager or similar level

Comfortable leading and developing a finance team

Strong across both financial and management accounting

Experienced with budgeting, forecasting, audit and statutory reporting

Commercial enough to turn financial information into useful insight for the wider business

Strong on Excel and comfortable working with ERP/finance systems

Experience within a multi-site environment would be particularly useful, although it isn't essential. NetSuite experience would also be beneficial