Finance Controller

Finance Controller

Are you an experienced Finance Professional looking to work for a highly successful Organisation where you can make a difference?

Biopure are the fastest growing business within Watson Marlow Fluid Technology Solutions. You will be part of our journey of growth as we move into our state-of-the-art facility in Havant. The facility is easily commutable to, has a subsidised restaurant, on site car and bike parking and has the latest technology and machinery to enable you to be a success, developing your skills both on the job and through gaining new qualifications, fully supported by us.

What's in it for you?
You will have flexible working arrangements, private medical health care, a highly competitive pension scheme and inclusive employment practices. We give all our employees 3 paid days volunteering and an extra wellbeing day on top of your annual leave.

More about the role
The role will drive the day to day financial processes for both Biopure. You will be pivotal in delivering on-time Group reporting for the site.
In addition to managing and working closely with the Finance team, you will also have a crucial business partnering role with the wider Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Managing Director. You will work with non-finance managers to develop strong business awareness and ownership of the financial impacts of their decisions, and support process efficiency improvements.

Key Accountabilities include

• You will be working directly with the Finance team to generate on-time monthly reporting, as well as quarterly/annual forecasts, and interim/annual statutory accounting packs and analysis, delivering reliable and accurate financial information.
• You will develop and maintain positive relationships with the senior leadership team and department managers and be able to convey financial information to non-financial areas of the business (including use of KPIs to track performance).
• You will be the point of contact for Group Finance with regard to analysis of results, with a dotted reporting line to the Global Supply Finance Partner. You will contribute to Group-wide Finance projects as and when required
• You will provide meaningful commercial analysis and insight; considering both the local supply margins and the wider Group profitability; this includes dealing with pricing, profitability, product range, and overhead review
• You will prepare business cases for capital investment, covering narrative to support ROI capex investments
• You will ensure compliance with government tax reporting and filing
• You will serve as primary liaison with both internal and external auditors, driving performance improvements where appropriate.
• You will provide oversite and leadership of local IT Services.

You might be wondering what skills you will need. Well ideally you will have
Significant experience in a senior finance/accounting role
Financial professional qualification (CIMA/ACCA/ACA)
Experience within a manufacturing environment would be beneficial
Experience of working with Finance systems and competent with Microsoft packages (knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics AX ERP software would be beneficial but not essential)
Strong commercial awareness with an appreciation of operational functions
Experience of working in a matrix organisation
Experience of effectively and appropriately challenging business processes, outputs, and standards to help drive continual improvement
Experienced in managing and leading teams of colleagues and projects as well as being part of a project team.