Financial Controller in Lincoln

Be visionary. Teledyne Technologies Incorporated provides enabling technologies for industrial growth markets that require advanced technology and high reliability. These markets include aerospace and defense, factory automation, air and water quality environmental monitoring, electronics design and development, oceanographic research, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production, medical imaging and pharmaceutical research.

Overview of position and business: Finance lead position supporting 2 of our businesses based in the Lincoln area, TMUK Lincoln & Energetics UK facilities. These are part of the wider TADE UK group of Teledyne Technologies. TMUK Lincoln are responsible for designing and developing technology solutions, components and sub-systems based on microwave frequency technologies. Energetics UK designs and develops solutions for the safety, arming, and initiation technology sector, in particular military energetic devices from components through to complete systems. You’ll be playing a key role in the Senior Management team helping to drive the business needs for the two sites.

Summary of responsibilities:

• You will be the lead Finance person across both Lincoln businesses, providing both financial and management accounting support to the local business unit management teams.
• You will manage a team of two, a Management Accountant and Graduate Accountant.
• You will be working with the TADE UK Group Financial Controller to direct the financial strategy of the business units under your control.
• You will be responsible for overseeing financial controls across the business units, prepare annual budgets, monthly forecasts and reports as well as commercial financial controls for projects, bids etc.
• Analysing and evaluating strategies to improve business matrices, whilst supporting the Shared Services Centre with DSO & DPO targets.
• Produce a monthly management accounts pack providing results and commentary on monthly accounts for the senior management teams.
• Providing operation finance oversight for all production costing across people, materials and the analytical side of the business.
• Support and provide finance leadership in strategic decision making across the business.
• Cost Accounting: Valuation of inventories and work in progress for the Monthly Accounts pack.
• Manipulation of data produced by SAP, using Excel spreadsheets where appropriate, to ensure correct analysis and allocation of cost and income in the accounts.
• Monthly creation of Sales and Order Backlog reports.
• Provide financial oversight to the business projects, ensuring compliance to ASC606 rules.
• Develop models and reports to analyse business performance and margins at each business unit.

Qualifications:

• Business partnering experience, ideally within a manufacturing/electronics/engineering environment.
• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualifications.
• Experience of working with senior business management to set business strategies and financial controls.
• Experience of using SAP would be ideal.
• Knowledge of ASC606 rules would be of benefit, but not essential.
• Knowledge of UKGAAP & USGAAP.
• Strong excel and analysis skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Team player who embraces change and possesses a continuous improvement mind‑set.
• Ability to work autonomously in the company.
• Driving license and an ability to travel is preferred.

Teledyne UK Company Benefits:

• Salary sacrifice-led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 7%.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary.
• 25 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays.
• Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year.
• Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with their physical, mental and financial health, as well as their cultural/environmental wellbeing.
• Competitive employee discounts platform that provides employees with discounts with leading brands/retailers.
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Enhanced family‑friendly benefits and policies.
• Company sick pay.
• Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity.

Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.