Right across infrastructure, there’s a requirement to not only maintain, but also renew and reimagine. Whatever stage you’re at in your career, with us you’ll have an opportunity to grow and develop. Delivering essential infrastructure services for life, while being safety first, and client and customer centric in a friendly, fun and respectful environment where you are encouraged to thrive.
Where will you be working?
We help our clients safeguard the water supply, improve environmental performance and manage demand for future generations. We enhance and extend asset life, ensuring compliance with water quality and environmental standards. We’re problem solvers with over 140 years of combined experience in engineering and infrastructure.
This role will be within BGEN - one of the UK's largest multidisciplinary design and build contractors with over 100 years of industry experience. We support clients in the water, power & energy, pharmaceutical, nuclear and food and beverage industries to deliver next generation, value-added engineering solutions
Want to be a part of it?
What will you be doing?
In this role, you’ll play a key part in the Financial Control team, helping to ensure the accuracy, integrity and reliability of the company’s financial reporting. Based in Warrington and reporting to the Head of Financial Control, you’ll take ownership of the month‑end close process from end to end, delivering high‑quality, timely financial outputs that support decision‑making across the business.
You’ll prepare and review monthly management accounts, lead balance sheet reviews, and ensure strong financial controls are embedded and consistently applied. Working closely with FP&A, Finance Business Partners and operational teams, you’ll provide clear insight through robust analysis and commentary, while maintaining compliance with group policies and statutory requirements.
You’ll also support audits and statutory reporting, contribute to VAT and regulatory submissions, and help drive continuous improvement across finance processes and systems. Alongside this, you’ll coach and support colleagues, share technical expertise, and build strong relationships across finance and the wider business. This is a collaborative role offering real scope to develop within a growing finance function.
What will you bring?
Essential
- Qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA).
- Proven experience in a Financial Control or Management Accounting role with ownership of month‑end close.
- Strong technical accounting knowledge and understanding of balance sheet controls.
- Excellent attention to detail with a well‑structured and methodical approach.
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast‑paced, deadline‑driven environment.
- Strong Excel skills and confidence working with large data sets.
- Clear communicator, able to explain financial matters succinctly.
Desirable
- Experience in an engineering, infrastructure, construction or project based environment.
- Experience using Oracle ERP or similar large finance systems.
- Prior involvement in statutory accounts preparation and audit processes.
- Experience contributing to process improvement or finance transformation initiatives.
What’s in it for you?
- We offer a range of benefits designed to support your life in and out of work, some of which include;
- Contributory pension scheme
- Online GP service, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Employee assistance programme
- My Rewards portal, access to 1000’s of retail discounts
- Life assurance
- Cycle to work, salary finance and give as you earn schemes
- Enhanced maternity, paternity leave and adoption leave
- Reward and recognition scheme
- Recommend a friend – get rewarded for introducing people to us!
In addition, this role offers;
- My Car Choice our salary sacrifice EV/ Hybrid car scheme
- Health Care Cash Plan, giving you the ability to claim back medical expenses for things like dental, eyecare and physiotherapy and much more!
- Private Healthcare for you
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Discretionary bonus scheme
About us
We want to be an employer of choice and a great place to work, attracting diverse and talented people, who join us and make a difference. We’re one of the Top 100 UK companies actively supporting and recruiting army veterans. Our ENABLE inclusion networks bring together people who have a shared passion, to help create an environment where everyone belongs.
Our values help to shape our culture and how we work with one another. We recruit with these values in mind, to ensure your aspirations, and ways of working, align with ours.
We’re responsible and go further for our people, clients, communities and the planet
We’re open and seek new and better ways of exceeding expectations
We’re together and as one team; the whole is greater than the sum of the parts
We’re ambitious and embrace opportunity, to lead essential infrastructure services for life
Whether you’re a trainee, apprentice or graduate, or progressing through your career, our people benefit from industry recognised programmes, training and development.
It’s an exceptional time to be a part of M Group.
Please note: Occasionally, job adverts might be closed before the stated closing date. Do apply as soon as possible to ensure your application is considered.
For certain roles, successful candidates will be subject to 3rd party background checks as part of the hiring process. Some roles require drug and alcohol testing as part of induction and onboarding.