Henry Boot is one of the UK’s leading land, property development, and home building businesses, renowned for transforming land and spaces.
Founded in Sheffield in 1886, Henry Boot was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1919. Today, our reputation is built on quality, expertise, delivery and a partnership approach. We focus on three long-term growth markets: residential, industrial and logistics, and urban development. Our group of businesses consists of Banner Plant, Hallam Land, HBD, Road Link and Stonebridge. Together, we are where great places start.
We are looking for a Financial Controller to provide financial leadership across our Property Investment and Development portfolio.
In this senior role, you will oversee financial management and internal controls across a range of group companies, ensuring accuracy, governance, and insight that drives strategic decisionmaking. You will lead a finance team, manage key financial processes, support statutory reporting, and act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders.
You will play a pivotal part in ensuring the integrity of financial information and driving a strong culture of continuous improvement, compliance, and operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
In this role, you will:
Financial Reporting & Control
* Lead preparation and review of consolidated monthly management accounts.
* Ensure strong financial governance, including reconciliations, journals, and internal controls.
* Support preparation and review of statutory accounts and Group reporting.
* Maintain accurate financial systems and records.
Budgets, Forecasting & Planning
* Oversee annual budget preparation and review.
* Lead cashflow and profit forecasting for subsidiaries and Group requirements.
* Monitor performance against plans and report on variances.
* Maintain risk and opportunity logs across portfolio companies.
Tax, Audit & Compliance
* Oversee Corporation Tax, VAT, CIS and other tax submissions.
* Ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and Group standards.
* Lead capital allowances and tax efficiency initiatives.
* Support auditors and internal controls testing programmes.
Commercial & Joint Venture Support
* Review and advise on commercial deals and financial feasibility.
* Support JV structuring, documentation, reporting and partner relationships.
* Prepare financial models for investment and strategic decisions.
* Provide schemelevel financial, tax, and structuring advice.
Systems, Processes & Innovation
* Lead improvements to finance systems, processes, and reporting tools.
* Oversee administration and enhancement of accounting systems.
* Support automation and digital transformation within finance.
Leadership
* Manage, mentor, and develop members of the finance team.
* Drive a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
* Support wider departmental leadership alongside the Head of Group Finance.
What Are We Looking For?
We’re looking for someone who brings a blend of technical expertise, sound judgement, and the confidence to lead within a complex, multi-entity environment.
* You’ll hold a recognised professional qualification - ACA, ACCA or CIMA with strong post-qualification experience and a solid grounding in financial reporting and controls.
* You’ll be able to interpret complex financial information with ease - cut through the detail, spot the story behind the numbers, and communicate clear, meaningful insights to senior leaders.
* Be confident in influencing others - comfortable challenging assumptions, offering a commercial perspective, and working with stakeholders at all levels to drive good financial decisionmaking.
* Have strong technical accounting knowledge be familiar with IFRS, tax principles, and the technical side of group accounting, and you know how to apply these in practice.
* You’ll have led teams in a multi-entity environment - experience managing and developing people, supporting them through busy reporting cycles, and maintaining high standards across multiple businesses.
* You’ll understand core financial processes end-to-end - worked across statutory reporting, budgeting, forecasting and financial control, and you know what good looks like in each area.
It would be great if you also have
* Sector experience a background in property development, construction or investment would be a bonus.
* Exposure to Joint Ventures - any experience working with JV structures, partnership reporting or complex commercial models is helpful.
* An interest in digital transformation - whether it’s automation, new finance systems or process improvement, you’re open to using technology to make finance better.
Our offer:
We are passionate about our people, and we are committed to your career development with us. You will have full access to our People Development team, and we encourage you to consider your personal development desires. We pride ourselves on fully supporting you in undertaking development and education to achieve your goals and objectives.
We have a competitive and progressive benefits package to help shape and support you inside and outside of work.
* We pay you a competitive salary we are committed to promoting equality and diversity and gender pay parity;
* We will provide you with car allowance and access to electric and hybrid vehicle leasing through our salary sacrifice scheme;
* We share our financial success with our bonus scheme;
* We invest in your future with our pension plan provided by AVIVA;
* We protect your loved ones by giving a life assurance benefit based on multiples of salary;
* We support you when you might have health concerns for you or your family with our Digital GP app;
* We will help you manage the balance of work and home with agile working (where possible) and flexibility to ensure that you can be there for those important life events;
* We give you 26 days of annual leave, with the ability to buy additional leave;
* We support a complete business closure between Christmas and New Year, which does not require you to use your annual leave entitlement;
* We give you enhanced pay if you take leave due to becoming a parent; however you become a parent;
* We support your career aspirations; we are committed to personal growth and internal talent development;
* We cover the cost of professional membership fees for recognised bodies such as CIPD, RICS, CIAT, and others, supporting your continued professional development.
* We offer you access to our Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme, which includes access to e-bikes;
* We support you when you need external support with our Employee Assistance Programme.
We put our people first. As a responsible and inclusive employer, we are committed to creating an environment in which we can all be our best and bring our authentic selves to work.
We ensure our recruitment processes do not treat anyone less favourably, should you wish to discuss any adjustments please contact our people team (people@henryboot.co.uk )
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time in advance of the closing date.
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