At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead financial operations and support strategic decision-making in a dynamic environment.
- Company: Join Holcim, a leader in sustainable building solutions since 1858.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonus, 25 days holiday, enhanced family benefits, and career progression.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team committed to sustainability and community.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in a high-growth area while developing your finance skills.
- Qualifications: Experienced finance professional with strong leadership and technical accounting skills.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 75000 £ per year.
About Holcim
We are leaders in supplying innovative, sustainable building solutions to the UK construction industry; building progress for people and the planet. Since 1858, we have helped shape the UK; powering the construction of homes and hospitals, roads and railways, schools and cities alike. Our mission is to make sustainable construction a reality, through purposeful action that tackles real carbon and climate challenges. We are dedicated to helping Britain grow and thrive - by doing the right thing, doing it together, and making a difference.
Holcim UK Company Benefits
- Competitive Salary, plus bonus, 25 days holiday + your local bank holidays (with options to increase) and other benefits.
- Be valued and supported, working as part of a highly respected team in a business that has a huge focus on Health & Safety.
- Enhanced family benefits, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Free 24/7 remote GP service for you and your household, offering medical advice, prescriptions, referrals, and same-day appointments.
- Opportunities for career progression both at home and abroad.
- Staff discounts including special rates for garden landscaping products.
The Opportunity
We are looking for a Financial Manager to join our Land Recovery business. This is a key leadership role within a high-growth area of Holcim UK, where you will act as a trusted partner to the Managing Director and Senior Leadership Team, supporting the development of a recently acquired business as it continues to evolve. You will play a central role in strengthening financial control, improving insight and reporting, and helping shape the future direction of the finance function within a dynamic operational environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Acting as finance business partner to the Land Recovery Senior Leadership Team, providing insight, challenge and support on performance and decision-making.
- Leading and developing a small finance team covering invoicing, payroll and credit control, ensuring a robust end-to-end finance process.
- Owning the month-end process, management accounts, forecasting and budgeting cycles, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and clarity of reporting.
- Strengthening financial controls, balance sheet integrity and compliance, supporting the implementation of group standards and best practice.
- Supporting commercial decision-making through pricing, costing and financial analysis, helping improve visibility of business performance.
Who you are
- You are an experienced finance professional operating at Financial Manager level, ideally within a small to mid-sized, fast-moving business environment.
- You are confident leading a finance team and take pride in developing people, structure and strong financial processes.
- You bring strong technical accounting knowledge alongside a commercial mindset, with the ability to turn data into meaningful insight and action.
- You are comfortable partnering with senior stakeholders, offering constructive challenge and building trusted working relationships.
- You work with high attention to detail, strong integrity and a clear focus on financial control, governance and continuous improvement.
We are committed to building a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. You will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.
Finance Manager employer: Holcim UK
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