Full-time Financial Controller, Omexom UK

01Job Title: Perimeter Financial Controller

Reporting to: Perimeter Director Design & Engineering

02Functional reporting to: Finance Director

Perimeter: Design & Engineering Perimeter

03Purpose of the Position

Provide strategic financial leadership across the Perimeter, ensuring strong governance, forward-looking analysis, and effective commercial decision support. This role focuses on long-term value creation, operational optimisation, and strategic partnership with Perimeter leadership and Business Unit General Managers. The Perimeter Financial Controller acts as the key enabler for delivering financial performance, embedding best-in-class processes, and supporting sustainable growth across all Business Units.

04Responsibilities and Duties

Strategic Leadership & Business Partnering

Act as the strategic financial advisor to the Perimeter Director and senior leadership team.

Shape and influence the Perimeter’s medium and long-term financial strategy.

Translate financial insights into actionable recommendations that drive commercial performance and operational efficiency.

Support strategic reviews, organisational design changes, and long-term planning initiatives.

Provide financial leadership fostering, a high-performance culture, mentorship and training.

05Perimeter Financial Governance

Ensure governance, financial controls, and reporting standards are consistent across all Business Units within the Perimeter.

Ensure compliance with local tax laws, accounting standards, and financial regulations in the region.

Ensure all monthly and quarterly regional and Group reporting is done to timetable.

Champion a culture of financial discipline, accountability, and compliance.

Oversee internal control frameworks and ensure alignment with Group policies and audit requirements.

Lead internal control reporting for the Perimeter, ensuring timely resolution of control weaknesses.

06Financial Planning, Budgeting, Forecasting & Reporting

Lead, challenge, and consolidate the Perimeter budgeting process, ensuring robust assumptions and strategic relevance.

Drive quarterly forecasting, using trend analysis, scenario modelling, and risk assessment.

Lead interpretation of Perimeter-level KPIs: turnover and margin trends, overhead efficiency, productive hours, invoice lag, debtor performance and operational benchmarks.

Identify reporting issues across Business Units and propose improvement plans.

07Commercial & Project Performance Management

Oversee the financial performance of all projects via the Finance Business Partners (FBPs), ensuring accurate reporting and prudent and transparent performance assessment.

Provide strategic challenge during project reviews, focusing on margin improvement, risk identification, and commercial opportunities.

Support due diligence and integration activities for M&A within the Perimeter.

08Cash, Working Capital & Risk Management

Develop understanding of Perimeter cash movements, trends, and drivers, enhancing forecasting accuracy and enabling proactive cash‑flow management.

Work with FBPs to drive working capital discipline across all Business Units.

Identify emerging financial risks and lead development of mitigation strategies at Perimeter level.

09Financial Systems, Process Improvement & Digital Enablement

Drive continuous improvement across financial processes to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.

Lead adoption of financial digital tools, dashboards, and analytics within the Perimeter.

Support the Omexom UK & ROI digital transformation agenda, acting as a key influencer in system enhancements and capability building.

10Leadership, Collaboration & Capability Development

• Provide leadership and professional development support to FBPs and wider finance teams.
• Facilitate alignment and consistency across Business Units, sharing best practice and driving continuous improvement.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships at all levels, fostering a high-performance finance community.
• Qualifications and Experience
• CIMA/ACCA/ICAEW or equivalent accounting qualification.
• Extensive experience with companies managing multiple projects.
• At least 5 years’ experience spent in a senior finance position.
• Proven track record in financial leadership, transformation, or commercial finance.
• Skills
• Strong strategic and commercial awareness.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders with confidence and clarity.
• Expertise in financial analysis, forecasting, and scenario modelling.
• Excellent communication skills, with ability to simplify complex financial matters.
• Strong leadership, coaching, and people-development capability.
• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and professional judgement.
• Advanced Excel and strong PowerPoint/Word capability.
• SAP or equivalent ERP experience beneficial.
• Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with resilience in fast-paced environments.
• Base location and travel requirements

This role will be based in one of our Design & Engineering Perimeter offices, but the successful candidate must be willing to travel to meet project and business requirements.

11Values

• In line with Omexom’s values, the jobholder must possess the following qualities:
• Team Spirit & Generosity - able to work effectively within and contribute to the Omexom team to deliver results, provide support, and drive performance.
• Trust and Empowerment - enjoy managing their responsibilities and time to ensure work is completed efficiently and professionally.
• Integrity and Responsibility - enjoy taking responsibility for their duties and managing these effectively to ensure efficient high quality results.
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship - continually strive to improve processes and introduce new initiatives to improve efficiency.