Business Controller / Management Accountant

Summary: The Business Unit Controller / Management Accountant role involves supporting financial planning and analysis functions within a finance team, focusing on budgeting, forecasting, and performance tracking. The position requires collaboration with operational managers to ensure financial robustness in improvement projects and provides critical financial insights to support strategic decisions. The role is pivotal in both recurring and project-based finance initiatives, contributing to continuous improvement efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Drive the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting processes across business units in alignment with company financial goals.
• Collaborate with operational managers to define and validate improvement projects, ensuring financial robustness (sizing, business case, ROI).
• Produce and manage timely, accurate financial reporting to both local and central teams, highlighting variances and potential risks.
• Provide critical financial insight and challenge to operational performance, recommending and supporting mitigation strategies.
• Assess business cases for investments and operational initiatives, applying rigorous financial evaluation and assumptions testing.
• Support financial control activities across various categories, including Recurring Costs, Inventory, Non-Recurring Costs, and Capex (Jigs & Tools, where required).

Key Skills:

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA preferred) with minimum 2 years post-qualification experience in a manufacturing or commercial environment.
• Proficient in SAP or similar financial reporting systems.
• Demonstrated ability to work within cross-functional, multi-national teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong analytical thinking and a continuous improvement mindset.

Salary (Rate): £35.00

City: Filton

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: undetermined

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: Mid-Level

Industry: Other