Head of Financial Reporting&Control - Peterborough Job Title: Head of Financial Reporting&Control Location: Peterborough, UK (Hybrid home/office) Do you have experience of standardising financial controls? Do you understand statutory reporting and legal requirements across multiple countries? Do you enjoy problem solving and implementing positive change? Due to exciting growth within AB Neo we are recruiting a new Head of Financial Reporting and Control. This position has been strategically created to standardise the financial processes across multiple European sites (UK, Spain, Poland and Denmark) with a key focus to manage and lead all accounting, control, statutory reporting, risk management and audit activities across our global accounting teams. We are seeking a leader who is able to implement positive change, streamline processes and build relationships across the wider ABF and AB Agri business groups in order to understand processes and ways of working, along with gaining an understanding culturally. What you\\\'ll be doing: Financial Leadership&Control Ensure a robust financial control environment, including compliance with internal controls, ABC (Anti-Bribery and Corruption) policies, Transfer Pricing, and risk documentation. Oversee accurate and timely financial reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and cashflow submissions in alignment with group standards and deadlines. Manage financial processes across ERP systems, standardise controls, and ensure best practices are applied consistently across regions. Team Development&Operational Management Manage, develop, and support a skilled finance team across Europe, creating a positive, customer-focused culture. Provide direction and ensure compliance with all regional financial, tax, and reporting requirements. Audit, Compliance&Governance Own relationships with internal and external auditors, ensuring timely resolution of issues and effective audit readiness. Maintain and test the Business Continuity Plan, ensuring operational resilience. Strategic Initiatives&Projects Implement continuous improvement in finance processes, systems, and controls to enhance efficiency and compliance. Support M&A activities, including due diligence and integration, and contribute to other strategic, business-critical projects. Stakeholder Engagement Build effective relationships with internal stakeholders, including Group Tax, Treasury, and Reporting, ensuring alignment and collaboration across functions. What you\\\'ll bring: Good critical thinking, adept at navigating complex issues and ambiguity Ability to effectively manage risk and communicates this with senior management Qualified finance professional, ACA, ACCA or similar Advanced knowledge of accounting principles, processes and procedures. Robust understanding of accounting and tax regulations Advanced financial modeling skills Fluent written and spoken English Location - we are seeking someone who is able to join us at our Head Office in Peterborough 1-2 times per week, however we are accommodating about where the person is based. About the Company Rewarding your passion When you join us, you\\\'ll do meaningful work and be rewarded fairly for it. From annual salary reviews and incentive bonus, ongoing career development and enhanced family, financial and wellbeing benefits – these are just some of the ways we reward you - from day one. About us We are AB Neo a specialist business bringing together the expertise of four successful companies with the aim of revolutionising nutrition for all neonates. Bring your talents to AB Neo and play your part in producing affordable, high quality and responsible food for the growing global population. We’re part of AB Agri, the agricultural division of Associated British Foods (ABF plc) and we’re passionate about feeding the world responsibly and affordably by making quality animal feed, creating nutrition and technology-based products, and offering data services for the agri-food industry. What sets us apart is how we delight our customers - and that’s because of great people like you. People with different life experiences who share common values. Together we’re building a fair, innovative and inclusive culture. As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to ensuring our application and recruitment processes work for everyone so if you need any additional support (like alternative formats for your application, bringing a support dog to the offices, a sign language interpreter - or anything else) just let us know. Application Notes We hope you feel that AB Agri is somewhere you can thrive and so we’d love to hear from you. We get a lot of applications for our roles and sometimes need to close the process early so register your details and upload your CV via our careers website as soon as you can – it will only take a few minutes. When you do, we’ll ask you some equal opportunities questions just to ensure our recruitment process is inclusive – or show us areas we can improve. This information is anonymised, separate from your application and is never seen by the hiring panel. You can choose not to answer these questions and this won’t affect your application. Apply today or contact our recruitment team for more information. Agencies and media sales AB Agri group politely requests no contact from recruitment agencies or media sales. We don’t accept speculative CVs from recruitment agencies nor accept the fees associated with them.