Part Time Finance Controller

Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. 20 Hours per week. Monday - Friday. 09.00 - 14:00. Hybrid role. Purpose of the post: Responsible for providing financial leadership, performance analysis, and business partnering support to drive profitable growth and operational excellence by working with the MD and senior leadership team. The role ensures business strategy is financially stress tested and challenged, integrated into budgeting processes and tracked/delivered against appropriate financial review mechanisms. Supporting sustainable growth by enhancing financial visibility, identifying risks and opportunities, challenging business assumptions, and ensuring effective resource allocation while maintaining strong financial governance and compliance. - Partner with Business Line and Operations leadership to develop and execute the annual business strategy, ensuring alignment with revenue, profitability, and growth objectives. - Drive financial performance by translating strategic initiatives into measurable targets and KPIs. - Challenge business assumptions and support decision-making through data-driven analysis, scenario modelling, and business case evaluations. - Monitor business performance against budget, forecast, and strategic plans, proactively identifying risks and opportunities. - Lead monthly business reviews and provide actionable recommendations to improve financial and operational results. - Support the successful delivery of Group-led transformation and growth projects by providing robust financial analysis, cost management, profitability assessment, and performance tracking including study and hourly rate calculations. - Own the monitoring and optimization of Operational and Overhead Cost Centres (OOCC), ensuring costs remain aligned with budget expectations and strategic objectives. - Analyse cost variances, identify root causes, and work with operational leaders to implement corrective actions. - Establish and monitor cost efficiency initiatives to improve productivity and profitability. - Support the development, tracking, and achievement of Business Target Management (BTM) objectives across revenue, margin, productivity, and operational KPIs. - Maintain reporting tools and dashboards to monitor BTM performance and provide visibility to management teams. - Assess the financial impact of facility investments, expansions, consolidations, or reconfiguration projects. - Support decisions regarding laboratory, production, or office space allocation to maximize operational efficiency and return on investment. - Lead planning, budgeting, forecasting, and monitoring of personnel costs, including salaries, benefits, overtime, temporary labour, and recruitment expenses. - Partner with HR and business managers to ensure workforce plans align with business strategy and financial targets. - Deliver accurate and timely management reporting on business performance, profitability, cost control, and strategic initiatives. - Ensure compliance with corporate policies, financial controls, and governance requirements as well as ESG initiatives. - Support budget and forecast processes, providing insight into key business drivers and operational trends. - Provide strategic recommendations to improve profitability, resource allocation, and operational efficiency. - Influence decision-making by balancing financial discipline with commercial and operational priorities. - Drive a culture of cash awareness across the business by ensuring financial decisions consider profitability, working capital impact, and return on investment. - Support on other specified projects where your knowledge and experience are beneficial to the company. - Strong knowledge of management accounting, financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting. - Understanding of KPI development, profitability analysis, cost control, and business performance management. - Ability to analyse complex financial data and provide actionable business insights. - Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and financial reporting tools. - Ability to identify and implement process improvements that enhance efficiency and control. - Strong verbal and written communication skills (with finance and non-finance individuals), with the ability to present complex information clearly. - Highly organised, resilient, and able to work effectively under pressure while meeting deadlines. - Experience providing financial support and analysis to operational or commercial leaders. - Proven track record of driving business performance through data-driven decision-making. - Qualified finance professional - ACA, CIMA or ACCA or equivalent - Commitment to continuing professional development.