Business Controller

Application Deadline: 22 June 2026

Department: Finance

Location: Trading

Description

Thyssenkrupp Materials Trading UK is looking for a Business Controller to join its Woking-based team, supporting a £50m turnover trading business of around 16 employees.

As part of the management team, you will take ownership of Controlling, Accounting, and Quality Management, ensuring accurate reporting under local GAAP and IFRS, and maintaining strong financial governance.
The role focuses on monthly, quarterly and annual planning and reporting, KPI tracking and risk management within a trading environment.

You’ll act as a key finance partner to the Divisional Director and commercial team, providing clear financial insight, supporting business planning, and helping ensure operational decisions are financially sound. The role also includes driving improvements in systems and processes, including collaboration on ERP and digital initiatives.

Reporting to the Divisional Director, with close links to central finance teams in the UK and Germany, this is a hands-on, commercially relevant finance role in a lean, international trading business

This role is hybrid, based in our office in Woking with working days in the office being Mondays and Wednesdays.

Hours are approx:

• 8:45am-5pm Monday - Thursday
• 8:45am-4pm on Fridays
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the areas of Controlling, Accounting, Quality Management with 1.5 direct reports
• You are responsible for monthly, quarter-end and annual accounts according to local law and IFRS. As such, you actively steer the relevant financial KPIs in alignment with the central finance team of thyssenkrupp Materials Trading
• Monitor and manage risks associated with the trading business in line with business needs and according to internal and external regulations

Support business development via business plans and data-based analyses

In collaboration with the central IT-organization, drive digitalization initiatives and optimize the ERP-landscape

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Solid experience in a senior Finance, Accounting, Controlling and/or Risk Management, preferably in an international environment and within the trading industry
• Experience working within a smaller team wearing multiple hats
• In-depth knowledge of financial and management accounting, and familiar with liquidity management and capable of analysing and managing risks
• Ability to effectively communicate across multiple stakeholders
• In addition to a high level of self-motivation, you exhibit strong performance orientation combined with reliability
  
  
  

Job Benefits

We at thyssenkrupp Materials Trading are a highly global, diverse and dynamic team working in a challenging but exciting industry. You will get the possibility to shape the future and success of thyssenkrupp Materials Trading UK, together with a motivated and high performing team. We offer you the following benefits:

• A competitive salary package and additional benefits, such as a discretionary annual bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Development opportunities within the management team of thyssenkrupp Materials Trading and the thyssenkrupp group
• Pension scheme
  
  

Operating on a global scale through an international sales and distribution network, thyssenkrupp Materials Trading is your partner for long-term success. Our core capabilities embrace complex logistic services for raw and finished steel materials along with supply chain dependability and consultancy for the downstream manufacturing and metalworking industries. As an international and dynamic trading company, we serve more than 1,500 customers worldwide in the steel and raw materials sector. With an annual turnover of more than 2 billion USD, our portfolio comprises over 350 products and is managed from 14 locations around the globe. thyssenkrupp Materials Trading UK, located in Woking, is one of the main business hubs within the thyssenkrupp Materials Trading organization.