Blair West are supporting a scaling, group with the appointment of a Group Financial Controller reporting to the Group’s CFO.
GAP is one of Europe’s leading electrical resource recovery businesses. Since being founded in 2005, it has growth to be an award-winning business, with a vertically integrated model that includes haulage and a broad range of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) processing services delivered through a state-of-the-art processing facility.
The business model is hugely profitable with revenues generated both through WEEE collection and sale of processed renewable materials. The business has contracts with local authority and government bodies nationwide, as well as with electrical goods manufacturers and retailers.
The business has a highly profitable and highly efficient business model. It has grown consistently year on year and is forecast to pass £30m t/o in 2025, achieving an industry-leading EBITDA margin approaching 30%.
This represents a newly created opportunity, reporting to Jon Archer, the Group’s new CFO who is commencing in post in November 2025. The successful candidate will support Jon, overseeing a small finance team of five across seven trading entities.
The opportunity:
- Develop robust month-end activities in a control-based environment and reduce monthly reporting timescales.
- Review of divisional / group monthly management accounts & profitability analysis.
- Develop group consolidation activity.
- Weekly & monthly forecasting.
- Lead & mentor the finance team, overseeing financial transactions – payroll, payables, receivables and ensure processes are fit for purpose.
- Working with a range of external advisors and key point of contact.
- Lead on year end & audit activity.
- Drive process improvements via system and operational enhancements (driving new system implementation initiatives & cost/time savings).
- Contribute towards profit improvement projects.
- Introduce and champion the use of data analytics.
- Continually developing internal controls and finance governance frameworks.
- Provide finance support to the wider business through business partnering; providing financial analysis to support operational decision making.
- Supporting the CFO with M&A, JV’s and other corporate transactions.
You’ll be the ideal candidate for this position if you have:
- Have suitable post qualified experience (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Experience from a group structure in the service sector (multi-site).
- Have strong analytical skills, able to manage/analyse complex financial data, identify trends, and provide insights to support business decisions.
- Can demonstrate previous experience operating at a Manager/Controller level in a growing SME.
- Advanced user of systems/IT skills – Familiarity with Sage 50 would be preferred.
The benefits included with this opportunity:
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Annual bonus scheme linked to EBITDA and personal KPIs.
- Flexible, hybrid work arrangements.
Our commitment
Blair West is an equal-opportunity employer. We embrace diversity and inclusion at every stage of the recruitment process. We are committed to fairness, equality, and ongoing diversity training for our team to give our candidates and clients a feeling of belonging during their experience with us. Please speak to their consultant if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during their experience with us.
