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Assistant Finance Controller

Salary Competitive
Location i54 Wolverhampton - WV9
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This is a Permanent, Full Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

Support Strong Financial Foundations. Deliver Meaningful Insight.

Are you a qualified finance professional ready to take the next step in your career? We're looking for an Assistant Financial Controller to play a key role in driving robust financial performance, improving internal controls, and delivering insightful reporting that enables strategic decision-making across the business.

This is a full time, hands-on, high-impact role, based at our new state-of-the -art i54 site in Wolverhampton, ideal for someone who combines strong technical expertise with a proactive, solution-driven mindset.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

Financial Control & Reporting

  • Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes including reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting
  • Prepare and review Profit & Loss statements, balance sheets, and ensure completeness and accuracy of key financial data
  • Assist in maintaining integrity across financial statements, ensuring compliance with SOX, US GAAP, and internal policies
  • Help manage audit and tax preparation processes, working with internal teams and external advisors

Business Support & Collaboration

  • Work closely with FP&A, Operations, and department heads to provide financial insight and ensure alignment on targets and forecasts
  • Support cost control efforts across the business and help identify performance improvement opportunities
  • Assist in developing and maintaining up-to-date finance policies, procedures, and documentation

Process Improvement & Compliance

  • Recommend and implement enhancements to financial processes, controls, and systems
  • Ensure accurate, timely, and value-adding reporting to internal stakeholders
  • Support initiatives to optimise ERP and reporting systems

Team Support & Development

  • Help lead and guide the management accounting and ledger teams in daily operations
  • Support coaching and knowledge-sharing across the finance function
  • Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and professional excellence

What You’ll Already Have:

Qualifications & Experience:

  • Fully qualified accountant (CIMA, ACA, ACCA) with 3–5 years’ post-qualification experience in a finance or accounting role
  • Strong knowledge of core financial controls, audit processes, and management reporting
  • Experience working in a complex business environment with multiple stakeholders
  • Familiarity with US GAAP and SOX compliance (essential due to US ownership)

Skills & Attributes

  • Excellent Excel and financial system skills (ERP/reporting systems essential)
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
  • Analytical and detail-focused, with strong problem-solving ability
  • Well-organised and able to manage competing priorities
  • A collaborative mindset with a drive for continuous learning and improvement

Behaviours

  • Assertive, proactive, and commercially aware
  • Energetic and resilient, able to work at pace and meet tight deadlines
  • Curious, with a growth mindset and desire to make a difference
  • Willingness to travel between UK sites as needed

Why Work With Us?

At Fortune Brands, We Work Together, Think Big, and Learn Fast. You’ll be empowered to make decisions, lead with creativity, and shape experiences that leave a lasting impression on our clients. Our values go beyond buzzwords—they guide everything we do.

The Benefits:
• 33 days holiday (inclusive of Bank Holidays)
• Annual Incentive Plan Bonus Structure
• Health & Wellbeing Programme + Health Cash Plan
• Life Assurance & Pension Plan
• Flexible Working Model
• Employee Assistance Programme
• High Street Reward Scheme
• Eye Care Support for Frequent Screen Users
• Refer a Friend Programme
• Free Parking
• Employee Recognition Programme

Our Hiring Process:
• You’ll be contacted by our resourcing team for an initial conversation.
• You’ll be invited to our site for an engaging 1 or 2-stage interview process.
• We’ll give you full clarity on what to expect—so you can truly shine.
• If successful, we’ll confirm your start date and welcome you to your House of Rohl journey.
• If you haven’t heard from us within 4 weeks, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Are you ready to step up into a pivotal role. Drive control, clarity, and collaboration across the business then this role is for you!

Apply now and help deliver the financial foundation for future success.

Fortune Brands Innovations are a US-based company, listed on the New York Stock Exchange, that owns and develops a dynamic portfolio of brands for homes worldwide. Our specialist kitchen and bathroom division, Fortune Brands Water Innovations, is made up of leading luxury British brands, Shaws, Perrin & Rowe and Victoria + Albert, plus Riobel from Canada. We market these together under the House of Rohl name.

In addition, Aqualisa completes our portfolio with its market-leading digital showering technology.

Our brands are united by a belief in design, innovation and craftmanship, leading to beautiful and high-quality products.

With manufacturing sites throughout the UK, and a House of Rohl showroom at the Design Centre in London, we currently employ over 600 people, dedicated to delivering excellent products and service throughout our supply chain. A new multi-million pound state-of-the-art facility at the i54 Business Park in Wolverhampton will be completed later this year, generating exciting new opportunities across the business as we continue to grow.

Watch our short video to discover more about Perrin & Rowe, Shaws, Riobel and Victoria + Albert – the brands that make up the House of Rohl.

Es John Featherby – Finance Director EMEAA

Siobhan has worked for Fortune Brands since November 2021, joining as the EMEAA HR Business Partner and was appointed into the HR Director role from 2022. Combining strategic and operational HR expertise Siobhan likes to apply a fresh but practical approach to HR, she firmly believes in a People First mindset with the aim of to put the "human" back into Human Resources. Prior to joining Fortune Brands, Siobhan worked with Pilgrims UK, part of the JBS group, and spent 4 years in a senior HR leadership role, with a strong record in HR in both FMCG and manufacturing. Siobhan’s career started in a very different way though, she used to manage multi-site sales and operations for one of Europe's largest leisure operators. Siobhan is MCIPD qualified and is a Master NLP Practitioner.

Jim Platt – VP Water Innovations - EMEAA

Jim has worked for Fortune Brands since 2018. Jim is responsible for the integration and alignment of our sales teams across our four business entities, leading our cross-functional business improvement programmes. He is also currently developing our channel strategies and implementation programmes. Jim joined Fortune Brands having extensive experience across Sales and Marketing, especially Channel & Brand Management, and Account Management, Strategic Partnerships, Acquisitions, Business Integration, Change Management within the Sales Leadership arena. Jim has a Degree in Business & Finance (specialising in Marketing)

Siobhan Spruce – HR Director - EMEAA

James Smith – Marketing Director EMEAA

James has worked for Fortune Brands since 2019. Focussed on developing and growing all our brands across the EMEAA region, James has created an integrated marketing team working across all the brands. Launching the House of Rohl concept into EMEAA, he has also introduced a new brand to the offer in Riobel, opening a showroom in London and re-branding all marketing materials in 5 languages, and most recently integrated the Aqualisa brand into the team. This new structure has enabled the Company to develop a market-leading future vision for our brands, which guides us in the development of new products and future marketing support. James has a Degree from Aston University in Marketing & Economics, and prior to joining Fortune Brands, was the European Marketing Director at Sherwin Williams, managing brands like Ronseal and Valspar.

Okke Roosjen – Sales Director EMEAA International

Paul has worked for Fortune Brands since 2018. Paul leads all product development at Aqualisa. First starting work for Aqualisa in 1995, Paul worked on the development of the digital shower. He then moved within Baxi Group to take up the role of Group Technical Director and led a number of new product developments across the heating industry in Europe. Paul then joined Gtech to develop a ground-breaking cordless vacuum cleaner helping the company to grow from £5m turnover to £130m turnover in 5 years. Paul returned to Aqualisa at the end of 2018 to help turn the bathroom “Smart”. During his career he has won 3 Queens awards for innovations at Aqualisa, Baxi and Gtech. Paul is an Apprentice-trained engineer with a Master’s Degree in Engineering Design from Loughborough University.

Jonathon White - Sales Director

Our people are what make our business, and we truly care about creating a ‘Home for All’ where employees are empowered to make a difference, and able to bring their authentic selves to work. We are passionate about rewarding excellence and helping people to grow, both personally and professionally, during their time with us.

Our Values are integral to the way we work, we are:

Aligned in our work together
Agile in the face of change
Accountable to our promises
Action with integrity and transparency

Underpinning our values are a set of behaviours which is one of the measures we use to track the progress towards our goals, both as individuals and teams. Those who are successful within our business have a strong ability to drive results, collaborate with others, plan and align; and be an active learner.

As a growing business with a focus on excellence, we are always looking for fresh talent to join us on our journey; and alongside that, we are committed to nurturing and growing our people to achieve their potential with us. We take a flexible approach to development and progression opportunities, always preferring to promote from within, even if someone isn’t quite the finished article yet.

We believe that everyone plays their part in helping to shape our future; whether that is joining one of our Early Careers Programmes, being part of our Mentoring Programme, or exploring how your strengths can be used cross-functionally, we want you to be a part of our journey. Meet some of our team to understand more about how their careers have developed during their time with us.

We reward our teams not only for big headline results, but for how positively they contribute to the business. The benefits we offer may vary depending on what role you come onboard as, but all of our employees can enjoy:

  • An annual incentive bonus structure based on business and individual performance
  • 33 days holiday.
  • A Health and Wellbeing programme, including health cash plan, employee assistance programme, occupational health, mental health first aid, and monthly themed activity to support team wellbeing.
  • Occupational Pension Scheme
  • Life Assurance
  • Employee Incentive Schemes, such as our ‘High5 Rewards’ and Refer a Friend bonuses
  • Free parking on all company sites
  • And as an employer who values you, you will be welcomed with open arms and supported to succeed.

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