Financial Controller

Location: Basingstoke, with travel to other Group offices
Business Unit: Finance
Reporting to: Finance Director
Package: Basic salary, non-sales incentive and car allowance
Working pattern: Hybrid, with optional home working on Mondays and Fridays
Security clearance: Not required

Take ownership of financial reporting, controls and team performance within an established UK technology group. As Financial Controller, you will lead a nine-person team, support informed decision-making and help maintain the financial discipline required for continued growth.

Role Summary

You will oversee core accounting activities across the Group, including statutory and management accounts, balance sheet control, budgeting, forecasting, VAT and audit support. Working closely with the Finance Director, you will improve processes, develop the finance team and provide clear financial insight to stakeholders across the business.

What you’ll do

Finance Leadership

• Lead, support and develop a team of nine finance professionals.
• Set clear priorities, allocate workloads and maintain high standards across the function.
• Coach team members and support their professional development.
• Work collaboratively with teams and business units across the Centerprise Group.

Financial Reporting and Control

• Oversee the production of monthly, half-year and year-end management accounts.
• Prepare and support the delivery of statutory accounts.
• Maintain accurate balance sheet accounts, reconciliations and month-end journals.
• Manage fixed asset accounting, expenses and statistical returns.
• Review financial information and resolve reporting or control issues.

Planning and Analysis

• Coordinate annual budgets and periodic forecasts.
• Produce clear variance analysis and explain performance against plan.
• Provide accurate financial information to support senior management decisions.
• Identify risks, trends and areas requiring corrective action.

Tax, Audit and Compliance

• Prepare and review VAT returns.
• Liaise with external auditors and tax advisers.
• Support import and export queries, procedures and reporting requirements.
• Maintain appropriate financial controls and supporting documentation.
• Contribute to compliance with company information security and health and safety policies.

Process Improvement

• Review finance processes, workflows and work instructions.
• Identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency and consistency.
• Lead or contribute to finance and wider business projects as required.

What success looks like

• Management and statutory reporting is accurate, timely and clearly communicated.
• Balance sheet accounts are well controlled, reconciled and supported by reliable records.
• Budgets and forecasts provide a credible basis for business planning.
• Audit, tax and VAT requirements are completed efficiently and with minimal disruption.
• The finance team has clear priorities, strong accountability and opportunities to develop.
• Finance processes become more consistent, efficient and resilient.

What you’ll bring

Core experience

• A CCAB-recognised accountancy qualification.
• Experience producing management accounts and supporting statutory reporting.
• Strong knowledge of balance sheet control, budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Experience handling VAT returns and working with auditors and tax advisers.
• Knowledge of import and export procedures and requirements.

Technical capability

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Confidence using SAP.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial information.
• A sound understanding of financial controls, reconciliations and reporting processes.

Behaviours/approach

• A collaborative leadership style and the confidence to work with colleagues at all levels.
• The judgment to make informed decisions and explain the reasoning behind them.
• A clear focus on priorities, deadlines and measurable results.
• The confidence to challenge constructively and recommend improvements.
• A commitment to developing others and building capability within the team.
• A structured approach to identifying and resolving complex problems.
• Experience within an organisation of a similar size or structure.
• Experience with iXBRL tagging.

Centerprise is a well-established UK technology provider with over 40 years of experience delivering infrastructure, cloud, managed services and lifecycle solutions. It combines the strength of a national organisation with the agility of a growing business, supporting public and private sector customers across the UK.

In this role, you will:

• Lead an established finance team with responsibility across a varied Group structure.
• Work directly with the Finance Director and contribute to business-wide decisions.
• Gain exposure to wholly owned companies and a joint venture business.
• Join a financially secure organisation with opportunities for continued professional development.
• Basic salary with a non-sales incentive and car allowance.
• Company pension, including the option to join the Salary Sacrifice/Exchange for Pension scheme.
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme.
• Four times basic salary death-in-service cover.
• SAGE employee benefits membership.
• Salary sacrifice charity donation scheme.
• Ci Christmas Savings Club and Ci Lottery.
• Free on-site parking.
• Private medical insurance available with a company subsidy.
• Two personal wellbeing days each year.
• One company-supported CSR volunteer day each year.

Work-life balance

• 25 days’ annual leave, increasing to 28 days after five years of service.
• Hybrid working, with optional home working on Mondays and Fridays.
• Basingstoke office location outside the town centre.

Our culture

Centerprise values commitment, courage, customer focus and personal responsibility. We encourage employees to keep their promises, challenge constructively, support colleagues and use their knowledge and initiative to achieve positive outcomes.

The Centerprise Group is an equal opportunity employer.