Financial Controller in Wokingham

The role of our Financial Controller, FP&A will be supporting our Consumer Brands Groups (CBG). We produce our CBG paint and products at Chapeltown, north of Sheffield and our Commercial head office is based outside of Reading in Winnersh, Wokingham. Ideally the Financial Controller will visit the other site once a month and spend time supporting the division. This role can be based at either Reading or Sheffield. This role is ideal for someone with FC experience from within a commercial/FMCG environment in a global business. In return we offer a rewarding career within a Global company, market leading salaries, attractive company bonus, excellent company pension, private medical health insurance and a role where you can drive business performance, make a difference and be recognised.

What you will be accountable for:

• Lead forecast, planning, and budget (compensation) processes.
• Deliver meaningful business reporting, analysis & commentaries to drive decision making and communicate relevant messages across the business.
• Oversee scenario modeling and strategic analysis for financial decision support.
• Improve business processes and support standardization efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align expense management with organization objectives.
• Develop, guide, monitor, and lead a professional staff.

What we are ideally looking for:

• Bachelors degree (BAcc, BAE, BFin, BEcon)
• CIMA or ACCA or Masters degree
• 5+ years of finance/accounting experience in international companies and commercial/FMCG environment.
• Advantage to have 5+ years of experience working with Oracle ERP accounting.
• Strong initiative, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Can communicate financials and related issues in clear business language.
• Ability to work constructively at all organizational levels, from sales manager to senior executives.
• Drive and assertiveness to achieve work deadline and performance goals.
• Prior management experience.

Our offer:

• Work life balance
• Attractive compensation programme
• Company bonus plan
• Private medical insurance
• Career growth opportunities in a truly international environment
• Innovation leaders in the architectural paint industry!
• Sherwin Academy offers continuous training programmes for all seniority levels
• Attractive wellbeing, mental health, women & inclusion and ID&E programmes

Eligibility to Work:

You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.