Business Controller

Logistics Business Controller

Location: Broughton - Onsite

Contract until Dec 2026 - Inside IR35

Hours: 35 per week (4.5 days, between 7am-7pm)

Rates: £29.00/hr Umbrella or £21.68/hr PAYE

Overtime: Paid over 35 hrs (% Mon-Fri, % Sat-Sun)

The Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced Logistics Business Controller to support financial planning, performance analysis and decision-making within a complex operational environment.

Key responsibilities include:

Plan & challenge : Understand the business operational environment (strategy, governance, challenges, constraints).Lead the preparation of the financial planning, prepare accurate forecasts.

Develop and run financial models, simulations, scenarios, business cases (on projects, M&A, call for tenders) Anticipate financial risks & opportunities and advise on mitigation strategies.

Analyse & advise: Produce and Assess accurate financial reporting, Analyse cost base, revenues, unit costs (Airframe / Engine), R&D. Anticipate financial risks, opportunities and advise on mitigation strategies.

Support execution & ensure data quality: Compute Hourly Rate, Headcount targets definition, prepare Chargeback & Cost reallocation models. Approve shopping carts, audit POs below approval thresholds (sampling approach), review commitments & accruals. Trigger costs rebooking & costs transfer when needed.

Experience Required

• Experience in business controlling, finance business partnering or management accounting
• Strong background in financial planning, forecasting and budgeting
• Experience building financial models, scenarios and business cases
• Ability to analyse costs, revenues, unit costs and R&D spend
• Experience producing financial reports and variance analysis
• Knowledge of hourly rate calculations, headcount/resource reviews and cost reallocation
• Familiarity with PO review, accruals, commitments and cost transfers.

Interested?

If you're ready for a role where your decisions make an immediate impact on production performance, we'd love to hear from you.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan