FP&A Controller

Building a sustainable tomorrow

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BAM UK&I are recruiting an FP&A Controller to join our construction segment from London or Hemel hempstead office.

This is a high-impact role at the heart of financial strategy, where you’ll shape performance and drive insight across a key BAM Segment. Reporting directly to the UK&I FP&A Director, you’ll take ownership of all FP&A activities for your segment.

Acting as a critical bridge between Divisional Finance and the business unit for Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow for both actuals and forecast. In this dynamic position, you’ll deliver high-quality, value-driven management information that influences decision-making at both Divisional and Group level, while providing expert financial guidance to enhance performance and support strategic execution.You’ll also play a pivotal role in ensuring robust, efficient management reporting, insight and compliance - making a real, visible impact on both finance and the wider business. Beyond this, the role plays a critical part in the evolution of finance through being a key enabler of change, helping to transform the function into a digitally enabled. efficient, insight-driven one, aligned to the future needs of the organisation and the industry.

Making Possible

The role is accountable for leading and driving the following:

Leading and evolving FP&A for a core BAM Segment, taking full ownership of planning, forecasting, and performance management to drive smarter, faster decision-making.

Orchestrating the annual budgeting and quarterly forecasting cycles, collaborating with Divisional FP&A and Business Controllers to deliver cohesive, insight-led plans.

Taking end-to-end ownership of the Segment’s CTC forecasting, building robust, forward-looking projections that support strategic decisions.

Taking end-to-end ownership of the consolidated cashflow forecasting and associated narrative.

Partnering closely with the Segment Finance Director, playing a key role in the day-to-day leadership and direction of the finance function.

Acting as a strategic connector between Divisional Finance and the business, connecting UK&I Divisional FP&A with Segment Business Unit Finance to ensure alignment and clarity.

Partnering with business leaders to unlock value, providing expert financial guidance that shapes strategy and drives continuous improvement.

Driving performance excellence across the segment, identifying opportunities, influencing outcomes, and embedding a culture of accountability and innovation.

Drive best‑in‑class financial consolidation in SAP BPC, shaping powerful management insights and continuously optimising processes for accuracy and efficiency.

Ensure strong tax compliance in partnership with the UK&I Tax team, maintaining rigorous standards across Corporation Tax, PAYE, and VAT.

Lead, coach, and develop the Segment Finance Manager, building capability and fostering a culture of growth and accountability.

Deliver powerful financial insights to senior leadership, using modelling, forecasting, and profitability analysis to influence key decisions.

Drive and support strategic initiatives and ad-hoc projects, contributing leadership and financial expertise where it matters most.

Develop compelling business cases and ROI models, enabling confident investment and strategic decision-making.

Provide external perspective through market and competitor analysis, translating data into actionable insight that strengthens competitive positioning.

Key activities

Delivering insightful, high-impact management information that goes beyond reporting. Bringing clarity, foresight, and challenge to Segment and Divisional stakeholders against set performance metrics and translating financial insight into meaningful actions that accelerates predictable performance.

Drive the finance narrative from end to end, creating a unified, compelling story and acting as the central hub for all finance-related insight and decision support.

Championing continuous improvement and best-in-class management reporting and compliance across systems and processes, ensuring processes are not only accurate and efficient but also future-ready and scalable.

Work closely with BAM Segment Finance Director, UK&I Divisional Finance teams and SSC to develop and implement a sound financial planning and management reporting framework that contributes to predictable financial performance of the business.

Develop and implement clear financial planning and management reporting standards for the Business Unit Finance teams in the BAM Segment.

Promotes the capture of best practice, systems development and knowledge sharing.

Your team

To be based from our London office on a 3 day per week hybrid basis

What’s in it for you?

In addition to an attractive salary we offer a significant benefits package which could include:

Competitive salary

A wide range of family friendly policies

8% matched pension contributions

Private healthcare

Life assurance

26 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

1 volunteering day

Personal and professional development

Flexible benefit pot

What do you bring to the role?

Experience

Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)

15 years + proven experience in FP&A, business partnering, or financial control roles

Experience working in complex, matrix organisations (construction/infrastructure desirable)

Strong track record in budgeting, forecasting, and financial modelling

Experience with SAP S4 HANA ERP systems and financial reporting tools

Technical Competencies

Strong financial planning and analysis capability

Advanced modelling, forecasting, and scenario analysis skills

Understanding of IFRS and financial control frameworks

Data analytics and visualisation (e.g. Power BI or similar)

Process improvement and systems mindset

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

The application process

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at any time you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you. "Join us in Making Possible"

For more information or an informal conversation about this opportunity, please contact Paul Howes, Recruitment Manager: paul.howes@bam.com

Closing date of 15th July