Financial Controller

Financial Controller – Hybrid

Location: Hybrid – Cannock, WS12 2HA

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 per annum, DOE

Contract Type: Permanent, full time.

What We Can Offer You: Hybrid Working, single cover healthcare

Why do we Want You?

We seek a passionate and commercially astute Financial Controller with a business partnering background along with significant accounting and finance hands-on expertise within a professional services environment.

You have extensive experience including providing financial advice and insights to leadership on all commercial related matters including revenue, budgeting, forecasting, marketing, investment and new business opportunities to improve business performance and support affective decision-making.

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Job Purpose, Tasks and Responsibilities

In this role, you will be a key contributor to our key objective of delivering growth.

In this true business partnering role, you will partner with the CEO of Phoenix and other business leads apart of Wilmington Plc as required; acting as a sounding board and proactively providing initiatives on how to improve performance.

You will be responsible for:

• Financial Planning & Reporting: Own the 3-Year Plan, annual budgeting, re-forecasting, and produce accurate financial and operational reports, KPIs, and forecasts to support effective business management.
• Profitability & Efficiency: Support and challenge the team to improve business profitability and efficiency, while proactively enhancing reporting, metrics, and presentation quality.
• Commercial & Contract Management: Lead or participate in commercial and legal discussions, own the contract process, and serve as the central point for contractual negotiations.
• Cross-Departmental Collaboration: Maintain strong relationships with corporate finance and educate non-financial staff to enhance overall financial performance.
• Compliance & Reporting Deadlines: Ensure adherence to monthly close schedules and Wilmington plc reporting deadlines, maintaining compliance with all corporate policies and procedures.

What’s the Best Thing About This Role?

The best thing about this role is the opportunity to drive key financial strategies and improve profitability while actively contributing to the integration of Phoenix into Wilmington Plc. It’s a unique chance to make a direct impact on the company’s growth and success during an exciting transition.

What’s the Most Challenging Thing About This Role?

The most challenging part of this role is balancing daily financial management with the strategic demands of integrating Phoenix into Wilmington Plc. Coordinating across departments and aligning processes under tight deadlines requires adaptability and a proactive approach.

What We’re Looking For

To be successful in this role, you must have have/ be:

• Significant accounting and finance hands-on expertise
• Have demonstrably contributed to improving profitability and efficiency
• Recognised accountancy qualification or professionally trained and qualified by experience
• Budgeting and forecasting experience

To be successful in this role, it would be great if you have:

• Exposure to many different accounting and reporting systems, plus development experience
• Ability to build strong relationships with peers and external customer staff, and the ability to achieve results under potentially difficult circumstances
• A strong sense of commercial awareness
• Strong MS Excel skills
• An accomplished communicator who gains the confidence of the business; credible and experienced at operating at all levels within.

We know it’s not a skill, but the successful candidate must have permission to work in the role’s location by the start of their employment.

About us:

Phoenix, part of the Wilmington plc, offers a range of health & safety training and services both in-person and virtually. Established in 2005, we have recently become part of Wilmington plc, and pride ourselves on working to improve our range and quality of services so that customers have the best experience possible.

Find What You’re Looking For

We are ambitious and inclusive, filled with integrity and curiosity. We are Wilmington plc. Are you? Join us and achieve more within your career with mutual respect, support and fair rewards.

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