Divisional Financial Controller - Reading

Divisional Financial Controller
Reading
Full Time, Permanent
£Negotiable + Car Allowance & bonus.

SF Recruitment are working with a well-established organisation to appoint a Divisional Financial Controller into a senior leadership-facing role with broad financial oversight responsibility. This position plays a critical role in consolidating and interpreting divisional performance, supporting commercial decision-making, and embedding a robust financial control environment. The successful candidate will also be instrumental in delivering elements of a wider finance transformation agenda. Reporting into the Divisional Finance Director, the role works closely with the wider leadership team to navigate complex financial issues and deliver sustainable, value-adding solutions across the division. The role will involve regular interaction with regional offices and operational sites, therefore a degree of travel and on-site presence is expected. Flexible working arrangements can be discussed as part of the process.

Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating and consolidating divisional financial planning, forecasting and budgeting
- Producing and delivering high-quality weekly, monthly and periodic reporting, including management accounts and statutory deliverables
- Maintaining and continuously improving financial reporting and control processes, ensuring consistency, efficiency and compliance with group policies
- Acting as the primary divisional contact for technical accounting matters and interpretation of finance policies
- Leading and coordinating divisional internal and external audit activity
- Partnering with Group Finance and peer controllers to drive standardisation, process improvement and system enhancements
- Deputising for the Divisional Finance Director where required at key forums
- Delivering ad-hoc analysis and supporting strategic projects, including performance benchmarking
- Representing finance at joint venture or operational boards where appropriate


About You
You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with significant post-qualification experience in a senior finance role.

You will bring:
- A strong track record of operating within a robust financial control environment
- Proven experience driving change, process improvement and efficiency
- Strong technical accounting knowledge, including IFRS
- The ability to clearly articulate financial performance and risk to senior stakeholders, up to Board level
- Experience influencing outcomes within a matrix or complex organisational structure
- Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage both finance and non-finance audiences
- Drive, ambition and a solutions-focused mindset

Experience within PLC, Construction, Building or project-led, asset-intensive or operationally complex environments would be advantageous, but not essential.