Finance Manager

Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom

7/24/2025

Empower, Connect, Evolve, and Inspire - these are the values that drive us and make BMI a company where you can thrive and grow.

Elevate Your Career: Finance Manager - Your Path to Financial Controller.

Ready to step into a Financial Controller role? This Finance Manager position in Milton Keynes, reporting directly to the BMI UK&I Financial Controller, is your accelerated path.

You will gain comprehensive experience by leading financial reporting across our UK entities, from monthly management accounts and group reporting to statutory financial statements. Take ownership of the annual audit, master balance sheet reconciliations, and drive insights in capital expenditure reporting and tax compliance (VAT, tax packs).

This role champions continuous improvement and offers extensive collaboration with local, offshore, and business stakeholders. If you're an ambitious finance professional seeking to make a significant impact and fast-track your career, this is your opportunity.

As The Finance Manager, Your Key Responsibilities Will Be

Acquire to Retire (A2R) & Fixed Asset Management:

• Manage the entire fixed asset lifecycle, from asset identification and creation to depreciation, retirement, and disposal.
• Ensure accurate fixed asset accounting, including intangible software, adhering to US-GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP standards, and calculating differences.
• Oversee asset splits and transfers across legal entities and cost centers.
• Conduct lease accounting (IFRS 16) maintenance, including identification, calculation, reporting, and reassessment of leases.
• Evaluate triggers for asset impairment, calculate, approve, and post impairment entries, and inform relevant departments.
• Maintain and control the physical asset register and resolve related queries.
  
  

Close, Consolidate & Report (CCR)

• Manage the month, quarter, and year-end close processes, including sub-ledger reconciliation and general ledger accounting.
• Prepare and process various journal entries, including exceptional journals, allocations, and recoveries.
• Perform Balance Sheet account reconciliations, identify and resolve exceptions, and manage FX valuations.
• Calculate and process accruals and rebates, ensuring timely and accurate entries.
• Oversee intercompany trade controlling, manage disputes, and ensure accurate intercompany reconciliations and settlements.
• Facilitate period-end reporting, including preparing and reviewing trial balances, extracting financial statements, and providing commentary.
• Coordinate the BMI Group close process, including defining the close calendar and ensuring timely data submission and variance analysis.
• Lead the consolidation of submissions and prepare reporting for the parent company.
• Prepare and file statutory accounts and manage external audits (both management and statutory accounts).
  
  

Technical Accounting & Policy

• Continually review and ensure compliance with the latest accounting standards.
• Maintain and approve changes to the delegation of authority matrix, chart of accounts, cost center, and profit center structures.
• Support business units in their input into both internal and external audit processes.
  
  

Local Cash Management

• Manage local cash budgeting, forecasting, and reporting, including daily cash management and operational cash flow.
• Responsible for driving the key financial KPIs such as Operating Cash flow, Free Cash Flow
• Perform banking and cash management activities, including bank account administration and reconciliation.
• Oversee guarantee management and prepare funding requests.
  
  

Tax

• Support tax planning, including formulating tax strategy and responding to inquiries.
• Ensure tax compliance, including preparing tax returns (VAT, ONS statistical reporting, Financial Conduct Authority etc.) and managing transfer pricing.
• Support group and local statutory tax accounting and reporting.
  
  

Your Key Skills And Experience Will Include

• Qualified or part qualified Accountant (ACCA or CIMA)
• Proven experience in a Finance Manager or similar role with extensive experience in the areas outlined above.
• Strong understanding of US-GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP.
• Experience with ERP systems and financial reporting tools SAP, ideally SAP S4/HANA.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.
  
  

If you do not have all key skills but still feel like you would be a good fit, please still apply and we will consider your application based on merit and experience.

Benefits

We offer a range of benefits that include:

• A competitive base salary
• Substantial bonus
• Private medical insurance – dependant on role
• Company matched pension contributions between 4% and 8%
• Income protection and life insurance
• EAP program
• A host of other benefits such as cycle to work scheme and EV scheme.
  
  

About BMI

BMI is a new name backed-up with over 180 years of roofing experience and knowledge. Bringing together some of the industry’s most trusted local brands such as Redland & Icopal to become the largest supplier of both flat and pitched roofing and waterproofing solutions throughout Europe.

With over 120 production facilities across Europe, Africa and Asia, and more than 9,800 employees worldwide, we're well positioned to offer an unparalleled level of experience and innovation to our clients.

Our roofing products and systems are designed and manufactured in the UK. We have multiple manufacturing sites and distribution depots across the UK and Ireland with our UK&I Head Office based in Milton Keynes and our industry-leading BMI Academy is based in South Cerney, Gloucestershire.

Across these sites we offer a wide range of opportunities; from dedicated sales managers and technical experts to skilled operators in our plants, we value every role in the BMI Team and are united in delivering excellence for our customers and becoming the best roofing and waterproofing solutions company in the world.

We are One BMI. We embrace and recognise our differences and unique qualities across all of our people and the value these bring. We inspire, connect and empower our people and seek to proactively engage the communities in which we serve.

We continually focus on creating an inclusive culture where everyone contributes and thrives, where our people feel valued for who they are, have a sense of belonging, and do their best every single day.

We are an equal opportunities employer and believe that everyone should be treated equally, regardless of their religion, beliefs, age, gender, gender reassignment, race, disability, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

If you need any help or adjustments for any stage within the recruitment process due to health, disability or any other reason, please let us know by contacting [email protected].

A career with BMI Group is more than just a job. We help you to find work you enjoy, to use your skills, and support you to become the best you can be.

Working together we can achieve great things. Come and join us.