Financial Controller

Financial Controller Are you seeking FC jobs / Financial Controller jobs or FD jobs or Finance Director jobs in Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Aylesbury, Buckingham or across Oxfordshire? FC jobs role - number 1 in Finance report to MD. Transition to FD quickly. 70 - 80 manufacturing / engineering business - growing SME - position created due to growth Business has recently invested £1.1m in new plant/equipment to help drive further R&D projects with blue chip engineering businesses FC jobs role / Finance Director jobs role - we would also look at Financial Controllers / FC s who are seeking to make that step from an FC role into a FD jobs role / Finance Director jobs role Some work from home/hybrid available but mostly on site if possible. Salary TBC likely to be £90,000 - £100,000 but newly created role due to growth so salary is still TBC We are working with an established and growing specialist engineering & manufacturing business based near Oxford/Bicesterthat is now looking to appoint a commercially minded FC / Finance Director as part of the next stage of its growth. This is not a traditional “keep the numbers ticking over” Fc jobs role / FD jobs role. The business has good fundamentals, a strong customer base and has grown significantly over recent years. However, some of the infrastructure, systems and processes have not kept pace with that growth. The Financial Controller jobs opportunity is to come in and help change that. The FC jobs role overview Reporting directly to the MD, you will become a key member of the senior leadership team/board of directors . The immediate priority is to
modernise and strengthen the finance function , but the FD jobs role goes considerably wider than finance. There is a genuine opportunity to influence: Finance strategy and commercial decision-making Digital transformation and systems Finance processes, controls and reporting Business-wide process improvement Management information and visibility of performance Margin improvement and profitability Leadership team development Future growth strategy The current finance function has good underlying fundamentals but is relatively traditional, creating a good opportunity for the incoming FC/FD to
build, improve and modernise . What are they looking for in this FC jobs role? We are looking for an FC /FD who is
commercially minded, hands-on and comfortable with change . You may have come from a manufacturing environment, although manufacturing experience is
not essential . More important is that you can demonstrate: Strong commercial finance capability Experience operating at FD / Finance Director level, or potentially a strong FC ready for the step up into a finance director careers role Experience improving systems, processes and ways of working An appetite for digital transformation The confidence to challenge and influence the MD and wider leadership team A pragmatic, hands-on approach The ability to turn ideas into action Strong communication and people skills They are
not looking for someone who simply wants to inherit an established finance function and maintain it . This is an opportunity for someone who enjoys walking into a business, understanding how it works, identifying what needs to change and then getting on with making it happen. If you are considering FC jobs or Finance Director jobs in Bicester, Oxford, Banbury, Buckingham or the wider Oxfordshire / Buckinghamshire area, we'd be interested in speaking with you. Equally, if you're currently a Financial Controller, Finance Director or senior commercial finance professional and are looking for a role where you can have genuine influence rather than simply manage an existing function, this could be worth a conversation. “Please note that if you are not contacted within the next ten days then your application, on this occasion, has not been successful. We thank you for taking the time to apply.
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