Financial Controller in Dunfermline

The Financial Controller leads five Finance Business Partners and is responsible for safeguarding the financial integrity of the organisation, ensuring a robust control environment, accurate financial reporting, and full compliance with statutory, group reporting and shareholder requirements. A key part of this role is having a strong relationship with the centralised shared service transactional finance teams and is responsible for monitoring of output specific to the pallet business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a team of five Finance Business Partners, ensuring high-quality financial support for operational and business leaders.
• Deliver accurate and timely month-end and year-end close processes, including group and statutory reporting requirements.
• Oversee and continuously improve financial reporting processes, ensuring reliability and clarity of information used for decision-making.
• Produce and review key financial reporting including management accounts, balance sheet reviews, flash reporting, budgets, forecasts and board reports.
• Lead the annual budgeting and periodic reforecasting process, driving strong financial performance management across the pallet business.
• Collaborate with centralised Credit Control and Accounts Payable teams to ensure strong financial controls and accurate ledger reporting.
• Implement and maintain robust financial controls and processes to ensure consistency, compliance and best practice.
• Promote a culture of financial discipline and control across operational sites and support functions.
• Support capital and revenue expenditure approvals and monitor project spend against approved budgets.
• Contribute to the development and reporting of key business performance metrics, supporting continuous improvement across the business.
• Provide financial insight in business review meetings, supporting Business Unit Operations Directors and senior leadership.

What We’re Looking For

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, CA, ACA or ACCA) with 5+ years post-qualification experience.
• Previous experience operating at Finance Manager or Financial Controller level.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven ability to develop and motivate finance teams.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills across both finance and operational teams.
• Experience working in commercial, trading or manufacturing environments, ideally within multi-site operations.
• Experience managing statutory audits and tax processes, including liaison with external auditors and Group Finance teams.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and up-to-date understanding of accounting standards.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capability.
• Experience with Navision, Microsoft Dynamics or Business Central 365 would be advantageous.
• A proactive mindset with the ability to identify improvements in systems, processes and financial controls.

Why Join Us?

This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a forward thinking, supportive team where your contributions make a real impact. You’ll work in a professional and fast-moving environment with opportunities to develop your Finance knowledge and skills. Apply now and be part of a team that values excellence, integrity, and people. We look forward to hearing from you!

Who we are:

BSW Group is the largest timber and forestry business in the UK, with operating divisions spanning the whole supply chain, from tree nurseries and woodland management to saw milling and pallets. We market 35 million saplings annually through the country’s leading commercial tree nursery, have planted a billion trees through Tilhill Forestry, supply sustainable timber products to an array of industries as BSW Timber, and manufacture millions of pallets a year as Scott Pallets. We work to keep industry moving and aim to be the most technically advanced timber business in the country. BSW operates as a collection of experts - an interconnected circle, where everyone and everything works together, allowing the business to constantly innovate as our people thrive. With an ethos to use everything and waste nothing, we leverage technology and cutting-edge practices to supply the diverse demands of the UK, helping to build sustainable worlds.