Financial Controller
Financial Controller - Scania Financial Services
Salary: From £70,000 plus an excellent benefits package
Location: Milton Keynes /Hybrid
Working Hours: Monday – Friday
About the role:
As Financial Controller, you will be responsible for managing the Finance and Accounting operations team at Scania Financial Services. Ensuring resources are allocated accordingly, reporting deadlines are achieved and assisting in month-end reporting along with reviewing and approving journals, payments and invoices.
As part of the Operational Management team, you will assist with internal and external audit reviews as the Accounts representative. This role reports into the Finance Director at Scania Financial Services.
For this role, you must be a qualified accountant.
In this role you will:
• Lead & Coach – lead, coach and oversee the professional development of the department, both individually and corporately.
• Oversee Financial Control - lead quantitative and qualitative analytical work to produce business insights and drive sound decision making on key business issues. Coordinate month end, all departmental budgets, projections, and forecasting activities.
• Own Accounting & Reporting - designing, implementing, and maintaining financial management and reporting systems as well as administrative business processes, to support the effective use of financial resources.
• Promote Continuous Improvement - proactively challenge overall business performance and processes, aid in internal and external audits, and initiate improvement proposals.
• Communicate & Influence – able to demonstrate sound business understanding, confidently communicate insights and positively influencing stakeholders, external customers, and the broader business.
Why Scania Financial Services? A quote from Siobhan Tulinski – UK Finance Director:
“This is a particularly exciting time to join the Scania Financial Services family. Our industry is always changing and evolving, creating opportunities to be involved in new projects and work collaboratively as a team, developing how we do business. We approach business with a positive mindset and work with excellent attention to detail. We are always open to continually improving ourselves and in turn, mentoring those around us”.
Closing Date: 19.11.25
Next steps:
1. If you like the sound of this position, please apply today.
2. A member of the Scania Recruitment team will contact you.
3. If you are successful at that stage, you will be invited to have a conversation with the hiring manager.
We understand that every candidate is unique, and we strive to accommodate your needs. If you require any adjustments during the application process, please reach out to our Recruitment Team, we’ll be happy to discuss these with you.
Working for Scania is not just about the job. It’s about you too, and this is where the company goes the extra mile and provides an industry leading employment package. We offer an excellent benefits package which includes a pension scheme, complementary life insurance, financial incentive schemes and discounts on major retail outlets including groceries.
At Scania we invest considerably in colleague development, and you can expect to receive comprehensive training and career progression not only in the UK but throughout our Global organisation.
We have a strong and supportive culture, where each individual is seen, respected and has the potential to contribute. We trust each other to act and make decisions, and we believe in a more flexible future workplace based on individual needs. For us, diversity and inclusion is a strategic necessity. By having colleagues with the widest possible range of skills, knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences, we ensure we have the right people and together with an inclusive corporate culture, this drives our business forward. We want our colleagues to feel proud and happy to work for us, no matter where they are from or who they are, and we strive to achieve an inclusive and family-friendly environment for everyone.
Scania is dedicated to delivering exceptional products and services to our customers and the successful candidate will reflect our core values; CUSTOMER FIRST, RESPECT, ELIMINATION OF WASTE, RESPONSIBILITY and TEAM SPIRIT in all we do.
Milton Keynes, GB, MK15 8HB
