Title: Regional Financial Controller

Location: Newmarket, Suffolk

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + benefits + discretional bonus

About The Company

We're retained by a private equity backed, internationally headquartered business with the creation of a new Regional Financial Controller role in the UK.

Operating within the freight-forwarding and logistics space, our client has embarked on a significant growth path fuelled by global strategic acquisitions, including across Europe.

Our client's UK headquarters is Newmarket, Suffolk. Please note - this is a 5 day on-site requirement. 

About The Role

This newly-created role reports into the Global CFO and locally supports the UK GM. 

The Regional Financial Controller will bring an immediate structural rigour to the European operations, with your core focus including:

• directly managing and mentoring local entity accountants
• standardising closing cadences across jurisdictions
• providing financial leadership across the region
• roll out of NetSuite across the entities as part of global ERP transformation
• acting as the strategic conduit between transatlantic operations and the Global HQ executive team

This role requires a unique blend of hands-on controllership authority (driving local close integrity, local GAAP compliance, and cash control across multiple entities) and commercial FP&A capability (variance narratives, and regional rolling forecasts).

About The Candidate

We're not wedded to industry / sector specific candidates in this search.

While a freight forwarding / logistics / distribution background will help, certainly across an international scale, it is not essential.

We're open to the right candidate making a move directly from a mid-to-large accountancy practice, but this will be dependent on your direct experiences, client base and overall communication & stakeholder management exposure during that time.

An ACA / ACCA / ICAEW trained accountant with a few years PQE in industry will likely have the most rounded skill set and ability required to make an immediate impact in this role.

To note again, you will be required to be on-site in Newmarket 5 days. There is the view for this to lighten as your become settled into the role.

Position: Finance Director

Salary Range: £100,000 - £120,000 + car + bonus

Location: Newport

About The Company

We've been retained by a successful and well-established business (~£35m t/o) operating across the construction and infrastructure markets, with a strong national reputation in its field.

With an ambitious leadership team and continued plans for growth, the business is looking to strengthen its capabilities with the appointment of a commercially-minded Finance Director.

About The Role

This is a broad Finance Director position, taking overall responsibility for the finance function while playing an active role in the wider commercial direction of the business.

Working closely with the Directors and senior management team, you’ll act as a trusted adviser to provide insight, support and constructive challenge to help drive better commercial and operational decision-making.

Alongside leading a lean finance team, you’ll take ownership of banking / debt facilities relationships, financial planning, forecasting, cash flow and management reporting, while ensuring finance remains closely aligned with the strategic ambitions of the business.

We’re looking for an FD who wants to understand the wider business, genuinely engage with operations and people, and directly influence future direction and decision making.

About The Candidate

We’re looking for a qualified accountant with experience operating in a senior finance leadership position. Existing "number one" experience is preferred, but we're also open to a first-step for the right candidate.

More importantly, you need to be commercially minded, pragmatic and comfortable operating as a business partner to senior leadership.

You’ll be someone who can see beyond the numbers able to translate financial information into meaningful commercial insight, challenge where appropriate and help the business make better decisions.

Previous experience developing and leading high-performing finance teams will also be important.

Experience within the Construction / Infrastructure markets is preferred, but not an essential prerequisite.

For a confidential conversation, please contact Giles Ellison at Right Pear.