Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Location: Crewe

Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time

Our client, Ringway Jacobs, a leading provider of integrated highways management, is seeking a Financial Controller to join their team in Crewe.

This role is responsible for overseeing financial management and reporting for the Cheshire contract while supporting the central Head Office function, ensuring financial operations run efficiently, sustainably, and in line with objectives. It involves providing financial guidance and oversight, managing reporting and forecasting for senior management, and maintaining strong client relationships to ensure confidence and satisfaction.

The position also includes leading the finance team, maintaining regular communication with the Finance Director on financial and administrative matters, and building effective working relationships with the Contract Director and wider Senior Management Teams.

The Role

• Supervision of the day-to-day management of the financial function at Divisional/Contract level (of the Area covered)
• Financial Responsibility of the full process of payment application to the client
• Supervision of the contracts monthly financial figures
• Through strong leadership, ensure that your objectives are adequately cascaded and supported by your team
• Ensure the reporting is produced in line with Company rules & tight deadlines
• Support the Contract Director to deliver the service for the Contract taking an active role in projects
• Support the wider company finance and operational functions by taking a leading role in strategic projects as requested
• Support the Company through Risk Assessment and Risk and Opportunity Management                     

About You

• CIMA, ACCA, or ACA Qualified Accountant (Essential)
• Strong first experience in Management Accounting (Essential)
• Demonstrated knowledge of accounting principles and processes (Essential)
• Good IT application knowledge (Essential)
• Pragmatic approach, open mind, curiosity, risk management attitude
• Self-dependent working style, pro-active and good organisational skills
• Ability to communicate financial information to the Finance Director and also non-finance personnel and to be comfortable working in a large, decentralised company

Benefits

At Ringway Jacobs we recognise that our people make the difference, and in order to do what we do well, particular care is taken in nurturing and investing in our people. That’s why you will always be given the opportunity to utilise your expertise and develop your career.

Ringway Jacobs recognises the importance of helping our employees balance their work and home life by offering flexible working arrangements across many of our roles. We therefore welcome applications from people looking for an alternative working pattern e.g. part-time hours, job share etc. Please let us know on your CV or cover letter if this is what you are looking for.

In return for your hard work you will receive:

• Sick Pay
• Competitive salary
• Opportunity to purchase up to 5 days extra leave
• A variety of discounts through our “RJ Rewards” app, including restaurants, holidays, days out etc
• Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Pension scheme

The Company

We are Ringway Jacobs, a leading highways service provider working with local authorities across the UK. Formed in 2005, specifically to provide road network management solutions to local government, our unique blend of engineering capability, innovation and customer care make us the best in class. We support over 10,000 miles of highways, 10,000 miles of footway, almost 7,800 miles of public rights of way and 242,000 street lights. We excel in delivering safe, sustainable service excellence, through our passion, integrity and collaborative culture.

Ringway Jacobs is an equal opportunities employer. We wish to ensure equality of opportunity in employment and the fair treatment of all our employees. As part of this commitment, we proudly support the Armed Forces Community by identifying roles for which we can offer a guaranteed interview to service leavers, veterans, reservists, cadet force adult volunteers, and military spouses/partners who meet the essential criteria for the position.

If you require further details, please contact our Recruitment Team on (phone number removed), e-mail them, or click on the “Apply Now” button. This will take you to a login page, where you will need to create an account to continue your application. Once you have created an account you will be able to see where your application is up to and apply for other opportunities within Ringway Jacobs.

Should you require any reasonable adjustments to be made as part of the application process please contact us directly.

We have a dedicated recruitment team and politely request that agencies refrain from contacting anyone across our businesses with regards to speculative CV’s or offering to assist with our vacancies, thank you.