Financial Controller

Description:

Company Description

United Living is a leading infrastructure, construction, and property services company in the UK. We help our customers and the communities they serve benefit from resilient infrastructure, affordable homes, and improved living spaces that are fit for the future. Our mission is to be the partner and employer of choice for designing, building, maintaining, and connecting communities and critical infrastructure, to create a more sustainable and inclusive society.

United Living Group is comprised of four complementary businesses, all dedicated to realising our vision of creating a connected, sustainable future:

Property Services – We revitalise homes and communities through the regeneration of living spaces, breathing new life into neighbourhoods. From delivering large programmes of work for social housing providers, to ensuring the highest building safety standards, we provide a range of services for public sector clients.

Infrastructure Services – Our team of infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical energy and water infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators. The work we do supports the requirement for effective solutions to address the UK’s decarbonisation goals, and our processes minimise environmental and carbon impacts, whilst ensuring the safe and reliable operation of assets.

New Homes - As experienced and specialist new build housing contractors, we create homes and regenerate areas with communities in mind. We work collaboratively with registered partners, local authorities, and private developers to provide high quality, energy efficient, and sustainable homes for people to live and grow.

Connected - We connect people through fixed-line and wireless telecom infrastructure, ensuring seamless communication and access to information for all. At United Living, we have one of the largest specialist in-house teams for project management, acquisition, design, construction, and maintenance in the UK.

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Controller to join our existing Finance Team. Reporting into the Finance Director the overall responsibility will be to provide best in class financial control and management, working with stakeholders across the pillar and wider group.

Management of timely month-end processes through to submission of group reporting packs
Management of balance sheet reporting and reconciliations
Cashflow and working capital reporting, budgeting, analysis and improvements
Ensure the Company’s financial systems are robust, compliant and support current activities, in line with group requirements and to support future growth
Coordination of the Company’s interaction with shared central finance functions
Coordination of finance requirements for supply chain and customers including onboarding approvals
Central finance governance for project and commercial processes and reports
Annual and in-year budgeting and reporting, review progress against strategic objectives and variance reporting
Analysis of standard costings for internal resources
Work with senior managers and commercial leads to optimize financial performance and development of team financial reporting and KPI’s
Management of statutory audit processes and requirements
Ad hoc reporting as required including statutory requirements
Presentations of financial information and data

Qualifications

Ideal Candidate:

The successful applicant will be fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
Experience within construction / services / project industries desirable but not essential
First time movers from practice and nearly qualified professionals also welcome
Strong technical accounting background aligned to a keen commercial awareness
Personable with good communication skills, including being confident in building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders including those with non-finance backgrounds
Excellent analytical skills with ability to influence key business decision making
A switched-on, motivated and enthusiastic team player
Diligent but efficient working practices
Able to work towards deadlines and with a strong eye for detail

Additional Information

Benefits:

Bike to work scheme
Company pension
Life insurance
Private medical insurance
Wellness programmes
Choice of 2 days per week WFH / Additional leave allowanceAdditional Information:

Must be highly computer literate including Microsoft Office and confident in managing and working with large data sets
This job is a full-time permanent role, 8am-5pm Monday to Friday from our Lingley Mere Office (WFH available)
Opportunity to spend time in and working closely with other departments will be provided to ensure the successful applicant gains a wide depth and breadth of experience and understanding of the company and industry