Job Title: Senior Business Controller Location: Stevenage (Hybrid) Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 Type: Full-time Overview An exclusive opportunity with Robert Half for a Senior Business Controller to join a high-performing finance function. This role offers strong business partnering exposure, leadership responsibility, and involvement in strategic financial decision-making within a project-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Lead, support, and develop the controlling team to deliver effective business partnering across the organisation. Ensure all internal and external reporting requirements are delivered accurately and on time (month-end, half-year, and year-end). Manage financial planning cycles and quarterly forecasting processes. Partner with Project Managers, coordinating and leading monthly project reviews. Analyse financial data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement. Monitor and control project expenditure to ensure alignment with approved budgets. Assess project revenue using Percentage of Completion (POC) and Time & Materials (T&M) methodologies. Reconcile project work-in-progress on a monthly basis. Monitor, report, and advise on project and contract status; maintain accurate financial records. Prepare and present financial reports to senior management. Develop, implement, and maintain financial policies and procedures. Support operational teams with contract bid preparation, billing structures, and cost rate analysis. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide financial insight and support decision-making. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal standards. Conduct financial risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies. Support month-end and year-end close processes. Required Qualifications & Skills Fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent). Strong experience in financial management and controlling roles. Excellent understanding of financial principles and practices. Proficient in financial systems and Microsoft Office (advanced Excel preferred). Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. High attention to detail and accuracy. Effective communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines. Experience Required Minimum of 7 years' experience in financial management or a similar role. Previous team leadership or supervisory experience preferred. Experience with SAP, particularly SAP S/4HANA, is advantageous. Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data:
Apr 15, 2026
Full time
Job Title: Senior Business Controller Location: Stevenage (Hybrid) Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 Type: Full-time Overview An exclusive opportunity with Robert Half for a Senior Business Controller to join a high-performing finance function. This role offers strong business partnering exposure, leadership responsibility, and involvement in strategic financial decision-making within a project-driven environment. Key Responsibilities Lead, support, and develop the controlling team to deliver effective business partnering across the organisation. Ensure all internal and external reporting requirements are delivered accurately and on time (month-end, half-year, and year-end). Manage financial planning cycles and quarterly forecasting processes. Partner with Project Managers, coordinating and leading monthly project reviews. Analyse financial data to identify trends, variances, and opportunities for improvement. Monitor and control project expenditure to ensure alignment with approved budgets. Assess project revenue using Percentage of Completion (POC) and Time & Materials (T&M) methodologies. Reconcile project work-in-progress on a monthly basis. Monitor, report, and advise on project and contract status; maintain accurate financial records. Prepare and present financial reports to senior management. Develop, implement, and maintain financial policies and procedures. Support operational teams with contract bid preparation, billing structures, and cost rate analysis. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide financial insight and support decision-making. Ensure compliance with financial regulations and internal standards. Conduct financial risk assessments and implement mitigation strategies. Support month-end and year-end close processes. Required Qualifications & Skills Fully qualified (CIMA, ACCA, or equivalent). Strong experience in financial management and controlling roles. Excellent understanding of financial principles and practices. Proficient in financial systems and Microsoft Office (advanced Excel preferred). Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities. High attention to detail and accuracy. Effective communication and stakeholder management skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines. Experience Required Minimum of 7 years' experience in financial management or a similar role. Previous team leadership or supervisory experience preferred. Experience with SAP, particularly SAP S/4HANA, is advantageous. Robert Half Ltd acts as an employment business for temporary positions and an employment agency for permanent positions. Robert Half is committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. Suitable candidates with equivalent qualifications and more or less experience can apply. Rates of pay and salary ranges are dependent upon your experience, qualifications and training. If you wish to apply, please read our Privacy Notice describing how we may process, disclose and store your personal data:
Role Title: SAP Finance Functional Consultant - Controlling Location: Manchester/Birmingham/London Salary:?Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: Consultant/Associate Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: You will be an integral part of our SAP delivery projects, acting as a Functional Expert in a specific area. You will work closely with clients, translating their business and functional requirements into SAP design documents. In this delivery-focused role, you may lead a functional team and stay on one project for an extended period. Your strong business process knowledge, combined with your in-depth expertise in your functional area, will be key to designing effective and efficient solutions for our clients. Additionally, you will contribute to the Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 transformations, ensuring seamless business transformations. In our team you will: Work with single or multiple clients at a time, focusing on delivery projects as a Functional Expert in Finance and Controlling. Engage in longer-term projects, collaborating with clients and functional teams to design and implement SAP solutions. Willingness to travel when required. We are seeking an experienced SAP Controlling Consultant/Associate Manager with deep expertise across financial and management accounting processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end business and finance workflows, combined with hands-on experience in key SAP CO components including Allocations, Inventory Valuation, Product Costing, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, and COPA. This is a senior role requiring strong leadership capabilities, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive high-quality transformation across finance functions. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and delivery of SAP Controlling solutions across large-scale programmes and S/4HANA transformations. Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to gather requirements, challenge assumptions, and build future-state process designs. Translate business needs into robust SAP CO processes and configuration. Drive finance process optimisation and re-engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across OTC, RTR, PTP and other integrated processes. Present solution strategies and roadmaps to senior leadership, including C-suite stakeholders. Guide and mentor junior consultants, ensuring quality and consistency across deliverables.
Apr 15, 2026
Full time
Role Title: SAP Finance Functional Consultant - Controlling Location: Manchester/Birmingham/London Salary:?Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: Consultant/Associate Manager Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge. We believe in inclusion and diversity and supporting the whole person. Our core values comprise of Stewardship, Best People, Client Value Creation, One Global Network, Respect for the Individual and Integrity. Year after year, Accenture is recognized worldwide not just for business performance but for inclusion and diversity too. "Across the globe, one thing is universally true of the people of Accenture: We care deeply about what we do and the impact we have with our clients and with the communities in which we work and live. It is personal to all of us." - Julie Sweet, Accenture CEO. As a team: You will be an integral part of our SAP delivery projects, acting as a Functional Expert in a specific area. You will work closely with clients, translating their business and functional requirements into SAP design documents. In this delivery-focused role, you may lead a functional team and stay on one project for an extended period. Your strong business process knowledge, combined with your in-depth expertise in your functional area, will be key to designing effective and efficient solutions for our clients. Additionally, you will contribute to the Fit to Standard approach for SAP S/4 transformations, ensuring seamless business transformations. In our team you will: Work with single or multiple clients at a time, focusing on delivery projects as a Functional Expert in Finance and Controlling. Engage in longer-term projects, collaborating with clients and functional teams to design and implement SAP solutions. Willingness to travel when required. We are seeking an experienced SAP Controlling Consultant/Associate Manager with deep expertise across financial and management accounting processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of end-to-end business and finance workflows, combined with hands-on experience in key SAP CO components including Allocations, Inventory Valuation, Product Costing, Cost Centre Accounting, Profit Centre Accounting, Internal Orders, and COPA. This is a senior role requiring strong leadership capabilities, strategic thinking, and the ability to drive high-quality transformation across finance functions. Key Responsibilities Lead the design and delivery of SAP Controlling solutions across large-scale programmes and S/4HANA transformations. Facilitate workshops with business stakeholders to gather requirements, challenge assumptions, and build future-state process designs. Translate business needs into robust SAP CO processes and configuration. Drive finance process optimisation and re-engineering initiatives, ensuring alignment with best practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams across OTC, RTR, PTP and other integrated processes. Present solution strategies and roadmaps to senior leadership, including C-suite stakeholders. Guide and mentor junior consultants, ensuring quality and consistency across deliverables.
SAP Finance Manager (FICO) - Hybrid Hull Critical provider of UK infrastructure (£20 Billion Revenue) requires a SAP Finance Manager. The manager is accountable for the IT solutions in their functional area, supporting the needs of the Finance and Procurement Business functions. They work closely with the Business and SAP functional teams to ensure the rights solutions are selected and delivered. Accountabilities Accountability for designs in the Finance, Controlling, Concur and Procurement solution area of SAP. Build and manage relationships with Business stakeholders, working as one team with Business Process Owners and Super Users and related Business functions. Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions. Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured. Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions. Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured. Accountable and responsible for design review, ensuring alignment to architecture principles, roadmap, best practice, providing guidance and approval to build (CR and Project designs) Required skills Excellent process understanding, and functional understanding of SAP with background as functional lead in Finance and Controlling, Procurement, Inventory Management, VIM and Concur solutions in SAP. Good understanding of overall SAP Solution architecture and cross functional solution aspects across front and Back Office process areas. Proven track record in managing support and delivery teams in companies with a complex, highly integrated application landscape Proven track record in Project delivery of highly complex and integrated application solutions Excellent knowledge and understanding of different delivery methods (Agile and Waterfall) and ITIL SM processes. Excellent stakeholder management skills Experience of Team Management with multi-location teams Ability to bring multi-disciplined teams, in a Matrix organisation together into one delivery team Ability to comprehend and give strategic direction not just tactical Excellent management, interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills Excellent attention to detail Motivated by delivery Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change This is a wonderful opportunity to join one of the UK's leading companies who play a key part in our critical infrastructure. The salary is up to £80K + Bonus + Excellent pension and package. The location is hybrid between Hull and home.
Apr 09, 2026
Full time
SAP Finance Manager (FICO) - Hybrid Hull Critical provider of UK infrastructure (£20 Billion Revenue) requires a SAP Finance Manager. The manager is accountable for the IT solutions in their functional area, supporting the needs of the Finance and Procurement Business functions. They work closely with the Business and SAP functional teams to ensure the rights solutions are selected and delivered. Accountabilities Accountability for designs in the Finance, Controlling, Concur and Procurement solution area of SAP. Build and manage relationships with Business stakeholders, working as one team with Business Process Owners and Super Users and related Business functions. Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions. Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured. Work with Business and IT to plan and deliver a roadmap of change in Central Systems, focussing on standard, simple, and right fit solutions. Perform software selection (where SAP not obvious option) supported by Enterprise and Technical Architecture Review and prioritise CR demand across Finance and Procurement workstreams with Business Manage impact assessment for CRs in their area (getting inputs from all relevant teams), ensuring detailed requirements are captured. Accountable and responsible for design review, ensuring alignment to architecture principles, roadmap, best practice, providing guidance and approval to build (CR and Project designs) Required skills Excellent process understanding, and functional understanding of SAP with background as functional lead in Finance and Controlling, Procurement, Inventory Management, VIM and Concur solutions in SAP. Good understanding of overall SAP Solution architecture and cross functional solution aspects across front and Back Office process areas. Proven track record in managing support and delivery teams in companies with a complex, highly integrated application landscape Proven track record in Project delivery of highly complex and integrated application solutions Excellent knowledge and understanding of different delivery methods (Agile and Waterfall) and ITIL SM processes. Excellent stakeholder management skills Experience of Team Management with multi-location teams Ability to bring multi-disciplined teams, in a Matrix organisation together into one delivery team Ability to comprehend and give strategic direction not just tactical Excellent management, interpersonal, written and verbal communication, and organizational skills Excellent attention to detail Motivated by delivery Flexibility to adjust to multiple demands, shifting priorities, ambiguity and rapid change This is a wonderful opportunity to join one of the UK's leading companies who play a key part in our critical infrastructure. The salary is up to £80K + Bonus + Excellent pension and package. The location is hybrid between Hull and home.
