Finance Controller

Job Description:

Financial Controller

Marketing Leading High Growth SME Group

Burton-on-Trent

£65,000 - £70,000 + £5,000 Car Allowance + Bonus + Benefits

Eaton Syalon is partnering exclusively with a market-leading UK group based in Burton to recruit a Financial Controller. With multiple successful trading divisions, the business is continuing to grow.

As Financial Controller, you will play a central role in steering the financial performance of the UK operations. You’ll lead a dedicated Finance team, own the monthly reporting cycle, drive continuous improvement in processes and controls, and act as a key business partner to senior leadership. Working closely with the Group Finance Director, you will bring clarity, accuracy and commercial insight to help shape business decisions and support ongoing growth initiatives.

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Lead, coach and develop a team of six finance professionals across transactional finance, reporting and payroll
• Oversee the full monthly financial reporting cycle across three UK business units, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery.
• Perform detailed reviews of management accounts, highlighting trends, performance drivers and risks.
• Strengthen financial controls, accounting policies, and month-end processes.
• Foster a culture of engagement, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Manage day-to-day banking processes, including payments, reconciliations and cash management.
• Produce rolling cashflow forecasts, ensuring strong working capital control and early identification of funding needs.
• Oversee relationships with banking partners and support optimisation of facilities (if applicable).
• Lead the annual budgeting process, working cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, Operations and HR.
• Produce quarterly reforecasts, scenario models and sensitivity analysis to support decision-making.
• Partner with commercial teams to review pricing, margin initiatives, new product launches and strategic projects.
• Support business cases and investment appraisals with robust financial modelling.
• Take ownership of monthly payroll processing, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely submission.
• Drive improvements across payroll, accounts payable/receivable and internal controls
• Manage the external audit process, ensuring a smooth and well-prepared audit cycle.
• Maintain a strong focus on compliance, financial discipline and continuous process improvement.
• Support the Group Finance Director and senior leadership team on ad hoc projects, strategic initiatives, systems improvements and performance reviews.

Skills & Personal Attributes

Essential

• Excellent communication skills—comfortable presenting to senior leaders and influencing stakeholders across the business.
• Strong team leadership experience, with the ability to motivate and develop people.
• Advanced Excel capability, including data manipulation and reporting automation.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and organisational skills.
• Relationship builder with a proactive, hands-on approach.

Desirable

• Experience working with multiple ERP systems.
• Understanding of banking facilities and treasury processes.
• Payroll knowledge.

Qualifications & Experience

• Fully qualified accountant: ACCA, ACA or CIMA.
• Demonstrable experience in a senior finance role (Finance Manager, Senior Management Accountant, Financial Controller or similar).
• Experience working within multi-entity, product-led, or operationally complex businesses is beneficial.

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