AddressYou are purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. That’s the spirit of the community you’ll find at Orbia: where the purpose to advance life around the world drives our global team of over 23,000 every single day.
From creating solutions to deliver clean water, secure food supplies and reliable information to steering material advances that power the future of green and smart cities, transportation, and healthcare, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better. Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for.
Fluor and Energy Materials, an Orbia business, is looking for a Financial Controllerto be based at our Thornton Science Park in Cheshire, UK.
Main Purpose
To manage the financial controlling team and support the Regional Finance Leader on matters of financial accounting, tax analysis, treasury, internal control and process improvements.
Main Responsibilities
- To manage the financial controlling team overseeing that day-to-day activities are complete. Responsible for review and sign off technical work, payments, month end activities and cash management.
- Manage the year end close processes across the finance team. Ensuring detailed preparation for year-end close, efficient delivery of information during the external audit visit concluding with the agreement of any errors or improvement areas. Prepare the statutory accounts for all legal entities within the European Business completing sign off by the internally set deadlines.
- Coordinate the internal audit requirements of the finance team. Lead the financial controlling team through process, control and system changes. Taking responsibility to evaluate new accounting requirements, internal policies and audit recommendations plan and execute all changes required, establishing effective documentation and review processes to manage the business risk associated with the change.
- Prepare financial data analysis to support tax filings for the European business as required by the European Tax Team, Orbia Corporate and external bodies such as HMRC Revenue & Customs.
- Manage the businesses insurance portfolio. Reviewing the business data before it is provided to the insurance broker by the insurance manager, making recommendation on insurance policies and risk management to Senior Managers.
- Oversee the development of the financial controlling team. Set annual goals and development plans, identify training requirements, complete the continuous monitors process and support the team as needed to fulfil their roles.
Qualifications
- Minimum: Degree or relevant financial qualification.
- Desirable: ACA
Knowledge/ Experience Required
- At least 6 years post qualified experience.
- Qualification from a mid-tier professional services firm or big 4.
- Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP skills
- Experience of working collaboratively cross functionally on business improvements.
- Experience of leading and developing a team.
- SOX experience an advantage but not required.
- SAP experience would be desirable.
Behaviours that can help you succeed at Orbia
- Develop yourself & Others
- Foster Collaboration & Inclusion
- Drive Results
- Provide Vision & Direction
We welcome purpose-driven dreamers, doers, and builders, recognizing that it takes difference to make a difference. If you’re ready to bring your skills, talents, and perspective to moving your career, the company, people, and the planet forward, we’d like to hear from you.
We believe that every voice matters; every community deserves respect; and every challenge is an opportunity and united by empathy, we are stronger for our different perspectives. We are dedicated to building a more diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace that supports the needs of all our employees regardless of their role, location, identity, and background.
