Head of Financial Control

Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Where will you be working?

M Group Energy Infrastructure Division is seeking a dynamic and technically strong Head of Financial Control responsible for leading financial governance, statutory reporting, balance sheet integrity and financial controls across the division.

The role provides leadership across financial accounting, audit, risk and compliance activities, whilst working closely with operational, commercial and finance teams to ensure robust financial management and high-quality reporting. As a key member of the divisional finance leadership team, the role will help shape and strengthen the financial control environment across a newly formed division, supporting both organic growth and future acquisition activity.

What will you be doing?

Leadership & Business Partnering

• Build strong relationships with operational, commercial and finance stakeholders across the business.
• Translate technical financial matters into practical business solutions and recommendations.
• Coach, develop and support the Finance Team, creating a high-performance and development-focused culture.
• Collaborate with the wider divisional finance leadership team to align ways of working, governance standards and continuous improvement initiatives.

Financial Control & Governance

• Lead the financial control framework across the Energy Infrastructure division, ensuring robust governance, strong balance sheet control and compliance with Group policies.
• Ensure timely and accurate statutory, divisional and group reporting.
• Maintain ownership of balance sheet integrity, including reconciliations, provisions, accruals and working capital management.
• Provide technical accounting leadership and support on complex accounting issues, transactions and reporting requirements.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards and Group financial policies.

Process Improvement & Transformation

• Develop and standardise financial processes and controls across a newly formed division.
• Drive continuous improvement in financial reporting, governance and control activities.
• Simplify and strengthen processes whilst maintaining an appropriate control environment.

Audit, Risk & Compliance

• Lead relationships with internal and external auditors.
• Coordinate audit activity across the division and ensure timely resolution of audit findings.
• Support risk management activities and ensure appropriate financial controls are in place to mitigate operational and financial risks.
• Work closely with Group Finance, Tax, Treasury and Internal Audit teams.

What you’ll bring

• Qualified accountant (ACA or ACCA) with significant post-qualification experience.
• Proven track record in a senior financial control, financial accounting or finance leadership role.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge, including statutory reporting, audit and financial governance.
• Experience of operating within a complex, multi-site or project-based environment.
• Strong understanding of financial controls, risk management and balance sheet governance.
• Experience of finance process improvement, systems implementation or finance transformation activity.
• Experience supporting acquisitions or business integrations would be advantageous.
• Infrastructure, engineering, contracting or construction experience would be beneficial but not essential.

What’s in it for you?

We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;

• Matched or contributory pension scheme
• Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
• Employee assistance programme
• My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
• Life assurance
• Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
• Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
• Reward and recognition scheme

In addition, this role offers;

• Company car and fuel card with a range of EV and hybrid vehicles to choose from
• My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
• Company van/vehicle and fuel card for business use
• Private health care and health care cash plan for you (and your family)
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Recommend a friend - get rewarded for introducing people to us!

We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.

Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.

• We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
• We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
• We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
• We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life

Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.

It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.

Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.

For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.

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