Interim Group Financial Controller

About Us

We’re an award-winning innovative tech consultancy - a team of creative problem solvers. Since 1993 we’ve been finding better, more sustainable ways to solve complex technology problems for some of the world’s leading organisations and delivered solutions that millions of people use every day.

In the last 30 years we won several awards, including a prestigious Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for our Enterprise Agile delivery approach.

Operating from 26 locations across the world, we bring together teams of creative experts with diverse backgrounds and experiences, who enjoy working and learning in our collaborative and open culture and are committed to world-class delivery.

We want to continue to grow our team with people just like you!

About the Role

This is a business-critical role for BJSS, reflecting the need to develop reporting and insight, strengthen business partnering and improve financial control. The position will report directly to the Head of Finance (HoF).

The purpose of the role is to get involved with both commercial finance reporting and partnering, along with financial governance and reporting, with the aim of developing a best in class finance function. Working closely with the HoF, the role will facilitate the provision of a robust financial platform underpinned by strong controls, from which to support reporting and commercial insight. Leverage benefits of improved reporting and insight by partnering with key stakeholders across business functions.

Key responsibilities

Day-to-day financial management:

• Support with the preparation of the management accounts and other commercial reporting, ensuring efficiency and accuracy in the process, and provision of insightful commentary
• Work with the Business Partnering team to provide enhanced support and commercial insight to leaders across the business to ensure they are bought into plans and budgets
• Provide Commercial Pricing support to Sales deal bid teams as required
• Develop relationships across the business to enable effective management of performance against budgets and investment commitments
• Work with all finance teams to ensure they are efficient, making sure that technology and automation are being used as much as possible
• Support in annual processes, including budgeting and year end external reporting processes
• Review the adequacy of the finance systems and lead any project(s) required to address gaps or weaknesses to ensure that financial controls are appropriate, operated effectively, and are monitored
• Lead tax management, ensuring that opportunities are maximised
• Provide oversight to cash flow management, ensuring that any banking requirements are adhered to. Ensure that a strong culture of working capital management exists across the business
• Manage/support HoF in managing key external stakeholders

About You

• Qualified accountant with high professional standards
• Confident, with excellent communication and relationship building skills, able to provide credible constructive challenge across business functions and at all levels
• Commercially focussed
• Strong grounding in process and control; experience of driving change in systems. Adept driver of change and business improvement with people and communication skills to support effective delivery
• PLC experience and experience of working with IFRS are desirable although not essential

Some of the Perks

• Flexible benefits allowance – you choose how to spend your allowance (additional pension contributions, healthcare, dental and more)
• Industry leading health and wellbeing plan - we partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support, and other
• Life Assurance (4 x annual salary)
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Hybrid working - Our roles are not fully remote as we take pride in the tight knit communities we have created at our local offices. But we offer plenty of flexibility and you can split your time between the office, client site and WFH
• Discounts – we have preferred rates from dozens of retail, lifestyle, and utility brands
• An industry-leading referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals
• Flexible holiday buy/sell option
• Electric vehicle scheme
• Training opportunities and incentives – we support professional certifications across engineering and non-engineering roles, including unlimited access to O’Reilly
• Giving back – the ability to get involved nationally and regionally with partnerships to get people from diverse backgrounds into tech
• You will become part of a squad with people from different areas within the business who will help you grow at BJSS
• We have a busy social calendar that you can chose to join– quarterly town halls/squad nights out/weekends away with families included/office get togethers
• GymFlex gym membership programme