Financial Controller

• Lead the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate, timely and well-supported reporting.
• Maintain a robust financial control environment through effective policies, reconciliations, review controls and governance.
• Take ownership of the accuracy, integrity and completeness of financial systems and source data.
• Ensure project assumptions, revenues, margins, cost forecasts, provisions and cash-flow movements are accurately reflected in financial reporting.
• Review balance sheet, profit, cash-flow and working capital positions, ensuring supporting schedules are complete and appropriately challenged.
• Review accounting judgements, provisions, accruals, revenue and margin recognition in line with Group policies.
• Monitor build programme movements and development milestones, assessing their potential impact on revenue, profit, cash flow and business-plan delivery.
• Identify accounting, financial-control and compliance risks at an early stage, agreeing clear actions and ownership with relevant stakeholders.
• Oversee finance-system controls, master data, data cleansing and issue resolution.
• Coordinate internal, external and Group audit activity, ensuring information is accurate and delivered to agreed deadlines.
• Support the appropriate accounting treatment and compliance requirements for VAT, CIS, SDLT and other relevant tax matters.
• Contribute to finance-related anti-money laundering controls within the sales process.

Commercial insight and business partnering

• You will build trusted relationships across Finance, Commercial, Sales, Technical and Build teams, as well as with Project Directors, senior management and Group functions.
• A key part of the role will be translating complex financial, accounting and tax matters into clear, practical advice. You will support business planning, Board reporting, pricing analysis and other projects while maintaining appropriate financial discipline, independence and constructive challenge.

Leadership and continuous improvement

• You will provide day-to-day leadership, coaching and technical support to colleagues within the Finance team, helping to strengthen capability and accountability.
• You will also lead improvements to financial processes, controls, reporting standards and systems, finding practical ways to increase consistency, accuracy and efficiency.

• A strong technical understanding of management and statutory reporting, forecasting, balance-sheet control, cash flow, financial systems and audit requirements.
• Experience of working in a complex, commercially driven organisation, gained in practice, advisory or industry.
• The ability to take ownership of financial data, reporting processes, reconciliations and control activities.
• Experience of presenting financial performance, risks and recommendations to senior and non-financial stakeholders.
• The confidence to challenge constructively, influence decisions and maintain high professional standards.
• Strong organisation and attention to detail, alongside the ability to identify the commercial and control issues requiring management attention.
• A proactive and improvement-focused approach, with the judgement to investigate issues and implement practical solutions.
• The ability to lead multiple priorities and deliver accurately in a fast-paced environment.

• 25 days annual leave, increasing with service to 33 days.
• Health and wellbeing benefits including Private Medical Insurance.
• Lifestyle benefits including access to an online discount platform.
• Berkeley Foundation volunteer day.
• Private pension plan.
• Group life assurance.