Financial Controller

United Infrastructure is a dynamic and rapidly expanding business, focused on delivering critical infrastructure projects, across the utility and social infrastructure sectors.

Our team of highly skilled and hardworking specialists deliver innovative solutions to the complex challenges our clients face.

Our company is split into two business areas:

Utility Infrastructure –

Our team of Utility Infrastructure specialists design, build and maintain critical water, energy (gas), power and telecoms infrastructure, for the UK’s largest network owners and operators.

Social Infrastructure -

Our team of Social Infrastructure specialists revitalise homes and communities by carrying out a wide range of work, from retrofit to refurbishment, and maintenance.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Financial Controller to join our existing Utility Infrastructure 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 Water business, 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
• Annual budget and quarterly reforecast preparation and reporting, reviewing progress against strategic objectives and variance reporting
• 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
• 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

 Ideal Candidate:

• The successful applicant will be fully qualified (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Experience within construction / services / project industries desirable but not essential
• 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
• Experience of Business Central ERP
• A switched-on, motivated and enthusiastic team player
• Diligent but balanced with efficient working practices
• Able to meet deadlines and with a strong eye for detail