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.