A FTSE100 and FTSE4Good PLC multi-national industrial engineering Group with global coverage across 67 operating units. A Purpose driven to create sustainable value for their stakeholders by engineering a more efficient, safer and sustainable world. With technologies that play an essential role in critical industrial processes and industrial equipment across industries as diverse as Food & Beverage, Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology, Power Generation, Semiconductors and Healthcare. With customers in 165 countries, they provide the solutions that sit behind the production of many items used in daily life.

Key accountabilities:

• Managing the Central Finance, Payroll and Reporting teams consisting of 15 people (4 direct, 10 indirect and 1 dotted line).
• Budgetary responsibility for own department as well as facilities and oversight of UK shared service functions.
• Empowered to make decisions over a wide range of financial areas.

Measures and KPIs:

• Provision of services to the business on a timely and accurate basis including payroll, supplier payments, intercompany billing, employee expenses, fixed assets and ERP master data.
• Internal & external reporting and compliance delivered accurately and on time – Management Accounts, Financial statements, Corporation tax, VAT and employment tax returns.
• Robust internal controls and financial governance.

Objectives and responsibilities:

• Management, development and maximising the performance of a team of 15 people.
• Review of internal management reporting including journals, balance sheet recs, management accounts, plans and forecasts.
• Review of external reporting including statutory financial statements, Corporation tax, VAT and employment tax returns.
• Preparation of some elements of the statutory financial statements and forecast/plan balance sheet.
• Approval of payroll and supplier payments.
• Ownership of the UK shared service and intercompany recharge processes and reporting.
• Working with project teams to deliver the financial aspects of business led initiatives.
• Ensuring compliance with new internal and external reporting requirements including changes in accounting standards.
• To support with the implementation of a new ERP system.
• Key point of contact for internal and external auditors.

Relevant experience and qualifications:

• Professional accountancy qualification with post-qualified experience in practice and industry.
• Strong technical knowledge including IFRS, UK GAAP, Corporation tax and VAT alongside experience of statutory financial statements, VAT returns and corporation tax returns.
• People management and maximising the potential of a team.
• Project Management and working effectively in cross functional projects.
• Delivery of financial process improvements.
• Operation of internal controls and strong financial governance.
• Business partnering with operational or commercial management teams.
• Management accounting and internal reporting.
• Report writing covering business performance.
• Working in a shared services department.
• Payroll and Cash Management.

Skills and competencies:

• Strong communicator who can work successfully with a range of stakeholders from across the business.
• Ability to prioritise varied and multiple demands and remain calm under pressure.
• Confidence and judgement to operate and make decisions independently.
• Organised and Pro-active self-starter.
• Ability to think through an issue and identify solutions.
• High attention to detail, accuracy and deadlines.