About the Role
CIRCOR International is seeking a Financial Controller for a maternity leave cover position until early 2028 at its Hale Hamilton (Valves) Limited facility in Uxbridge, Greater London. The role involves managing all aspects of the finance function and leading a team.
Responsibilities
- Ensure financial and budgetary control of all non-project expenditure
- Reconcile all balance sheet accounts monthly, explaining significant movements and investigating reconciling items
- Prepare statutory accounts and tax returns, ensuring compliance with legislation and professional standards
- Manage cashflow and perform bank reconciliations
- Manage debtors, highlighting overdue receipts to stakeholders
- Ensure segregation of financial duties (invoice approval, payroll approval, bank payments)
- Support forecasting, budgeting, and strategic planning, focusing on the balance sheet and cash flow
- Facilitate internal and external audits
- Exercise adequate financial control over key expenditure, evaluating risks and opportunities
- Perform overhead variance analysis against budget and forecast
- Support and challenge managers on their department budgets and advise on necessary actions
- Perform other duties as required
Requirements
- Qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years post-graduation experience
- Understanding and ability to apply knowledge of IFRS and US GAAP
- Experience in the utilization of IFS is an advantage
- Experience in SME and project-based organizations
- Proficiency in problem-solving techniques to analyze performance and recommend improvements
- Ability to work autonomously and motivate others
- Highly analytical with good attention to detail and prioritization skills
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and professionally across functional teams
Skills
- Financial control
- Budgetary control
- Balance sheet reconciliation
- Statutory accounts preparation
- Tax return preparation
- Cashflow management
- Bank reconciliation
- Debtor management
- Financial reporting
- IFRS
- US GAAP
- IFS utilization
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Prioritization
- Collaboration
Location
- Uxbridge, Greater London
Work Type
- Full-time
- Maternity leave cover
Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years post-graduation experience
Education Level
- Degree in Accounting or Finance
- Professional accountancy qualification mandatory
Benefits
- 4 day working week (Fridays off)
- Life Cover: 2x Annual Salary
- Pension: Employer’s & Employee’s contribution
- Generous holiday equivalent to 20 days holiday (4 work week)
- Culture calendar to celebrate events
- Monthly birthday lunch hosted by Managing Director
- Employee benefits portal with discounts
- Active social club with regular events
About the Company
- CIRCOR International is a leading provider of mission-critical flow control products and services for the Industrial and Aerospace & Defence markets.
- The company has a product portfolio of market-leading brands.
- Headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, CIRCOR has facilities globally and approximate annual sales of $800 million with 3200 employees.
- Hale Hamilton (Valves) Limited, part of CIRCOR’s Industrial and Maritime Division, is a leading manufacturer of pressure and flow control solutions for Submarine, Surface Ship, Renewable Energy, Industrial Gas, and Power applications.
