SF Partners
Senior Group Controller
SF Recruitment are delighted to be working exclusively with a dynamic, global business in the recruitment of a Senior Group Controller.
Reporting to the Finance Leadership team, this role will play a key part in business controlling, group reporting, financial planning, and performance management.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior stakeholders across multiple regions and functions, providing financial insight, supporting decision-making, and ensuring accurate and timely reporting. This is a highly visible role offering broad exposure across the business, with strong opportunities for career development and progression.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted finance partner to senior leaders across key business functions, providing financial analysis and commercial insight.
- Own business controlling activities including budgeting, forecasting, KPI reporting, and performance tracking.
- Ensure monthly reporting requirements are completed accurately and within agreed deadlines.
- Monitor departmental expenditure against budget, ensuring appropriate accounting treatment and cost control.
- Support month-end close activities, including consolidation, reconciliation, error identification, and resolution.
- Work collaboratively with regional finance teams and shared service functions to ensure reporting accuracy and completeness.
- Provide analysis and decision support to senior management to improve business performance.
- Support the development and implementation of improved reporting processes, tools, and ways of working.
- Contribute to benchmarking, process improvement initiatives, and finance transformation projects.
- Lead or participate in projects across business units and locations.
About You
You will be a qualified accountant with strong post-qualification experience gained in a business controlling, manufacturing, or corporate reporting environment.
You will ideally have:
- Proven experience working in a multinational organisation with complex reporting structures.
- Strong understanding of accounting principles and their commercial impact.
- Experience managing budgets, forecasts, and financial performance reporting.
- A track record of supporting change initiatives and improving processes.
- Excellent analytical skills with the ability to translate financial data into meaningful business insights.
- Strong communication skills with the confidence to work with senior stakeholders.
- Advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills.
Personal Attributes
You will be a proactive and collaborative finance professional who:
- Takes ownership and delivers results with accuracy and integrity.
- Can prioritise effectively and work confidently in a fast-paced environment.
- Has a curious mindset and a desire to continuously improve.
- Is comfortable working independently while contributing positively to a wider team.
- Can communicate effectively with both senior leadership and operational teams.
- Enjoys using data, technology, and innovative thinking to improve business performance.
What's Offered
This is an excellent opportunity to join an international organisation where you will gain broad exposure, work with senior stakeholders, and have the opportunity to develop your career through ongoing training, career pathways, and internal progression opportunities.
The role is based in Tewkesbury and will involve occasional European travel (approximately once per month).
To apply for this job please visit www.reed.co.uk.
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