Financial Controller

Key Responsibilities

• Own day-to-day financial control, ensuring suppliers are paid accurately and on time via the Shared Service Centre (Poland)
• Manage and control PO creation, commitments, and invoice validation (no PO, no pay)
• Ensure costs are correctly recharged to business units in line with agreed models
• Own the month-end close: accruals, journals, reconciliations, and timetable discipline
• Produce monthly reporting, variance analysis, and clear financial commentary
• Support budgeting and forecasting with accurate actuals and spend visibility
• Act as key finance interface with Shared Services, improving end-to-end P2P and close processes
• Manage finance clean-up projects: clearing historic balances, improving data quality, fixing broken processes.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent experience)
• Extensive controllership experience, including month-end close, accounts payable, purchase orders, and recharges
• Experience working with shared service centres
• Advanced spreadsheet proficiency and solid financial reporting skills
• Pragmatic, delivery-focused, comfortable in a contractor / change environment

Benefits

• Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance 
• Flexible working options 
• 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays 
• Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre 
• Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants and many more 
• Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• SimplyHealth Cash plan 
• Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts 
• Access to LinkedIn Learning 
• Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.