Our client is a well-established, family-run business with over 50 years of experience in the restoration and conservation of fine art, antiques, furniture, and collectables. As a project-based business, they work closely with private collectors, auction houses, insurers, and museums to restore and preserve valuable items to the highest standards. With their recent expansion to a 32,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Aldridge, they are poised for further growth and are looking for a hands-on Financial Controller to help drive their continued success. We are seeking a commercially astuteFinancial Controllerwho thrives in aproject-based SME environment. This is a hands-on role requiring involvement inday-to-day transactional finance, while also leading a small but growing team. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in shaping the financial strategy of the business, ensuring strong financial controls, and supporting future expansion. With ambitious growth plans, this role has the potential to develop into aFinance Director positionin the future.

• Financial Strategy & Leadership:Develop and implement financial strategies to support business growth and profitability.
• Hands-on Finance Management:Oversee all financial operations, from daily transactions to strategic financial planning.
• Budgeting & Reporting:Lead the budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting processes to support decision-making.
• Cash Flow & Risk Management:Ensure robust controls are in place to manage financial risk, cash flow, and working capital.
• Team Development:Manage and mentor a small but expanding finance team, fostering a culture of efficiency and accuracy.
• Project-Based Finance:Work closely with project managers to provide financial oversight and reporting on individual projects.
• ICT & Systems Oversight:Oversee financial systems and processes, ensuring continuous improvements and efficiency.
  
  Extensive experience in aproject-based SMEbusiness, ideally within restoration, construction, or other service-led industries.
• Proven hands-on financial management skills, with a track record of improving financial processes.
• Professional accounting qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to influence decision-making at senior levels.
• Experience managing a small finance team, with the ability to mentor and develop staff.
• Ambitious and strategic mindset, with the potential to step up into a Finance Director role., If you are a hands-on Financial Controller looking for a dynamic, project-led role within an ambitious SME, we would love to hear from you.
  
  Growth-Focused Environment:Join a company that values personal development and internal career progression.
• Comprehensive Benefits Package:
+ Free lunch, staff refreshments, and annual health assessments. + Mental health and wellbeing support. + Company vehicle/allowance and role-specific training. + Profit-sharing bonus through aGrowth By Sharing scheme. + Personal Prosperity Planfor individual financial growth.