Twinings Ovaltine
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller
Application Deadline: 30 July 2026
Department: BizTX
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: Andover
Description
Great People Work Here
BizTX: Co-Creating WOW Through Digital Innovation
It’s an exciting time to be part of BizTX at Twinings Ovaltine. At the heart of this iconic brand, we’re on a mission to drive exponential growth and productivity through cutting-edge technology to transform the business globally.
We’re not here to simply provide IT services. We’re technology leaders and strategic partners, co-creating innovative solutions that help the business run, grow, and transform. Everything we do is guided by our commitment to ‘WOW’ our consumers, customers, and colleagues. WOW experiences, WOW solutions, and WOW impact.
Our people think differently. We have an exponential mindset that helps us push boundaries and shape what’s next. The future at Twinings Ovaltine is full of possibility and we’d love you to be a part of it.
Note: This is a 12 Months FTC role.
Role Purpose
Finance Controller responsible for stabilizing daily finance operations for BizTX, implementing robust financial processes, and delivering accurate, timely reporting. The role combines operational controllership with clean-up and remediation projects to put BizTX on a stable financial footing.
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Key Responsibilities
- Own day-to-day financial control, ensuring suppliers are paid accurately and on time via the Shared Service Centre (Poland)
- Manage and control PO creation, commitments, and invoice validation (no PO, no pay)
- Ensure costs are correctly recharged to business units in line with agreed models
- Own the month-end close: accruals, journals, reconciliations, and timetable discipline
- Produce monthly reporting, variance analysis, and clear financial commentary
- Support budgeting and forecasting with accurate actuals and spend visibility
- Act as key finance interface with Shared Services, improving end-to-end P2P and close processes
- Manage finance clean-up projects: clearing historic balances, improving data quality, fixing broken processes.
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
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- Qualified or part-qualified accountant (ACA / ACCA / CIMA or equivalent experience)
- Extensive controllership experience, including month-end close, accounts payable, purchase orders, and recharges
- Experience working with shared service centres
- Advanced spreadsheet proficiency and solid financial reporting skills
- Pragmatic, delivery-focused, comfortable in a contractor / change environment
Benefits
- Yearly bonus based on personal contribution and financial performance
- Flexible working options
- 25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays and the option to buy and sell holidays
- Onsite Gym and Wellbeing Centre
- Perkbox – employee discount scheme with discounts online, in high street stores, cinema, holidays, restaurants, and many more
- Pension scheme with your contributions matched for up to 10% of your salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- SimplyHealth Cash plan
- Onsite Staff shop and online staff discounts
- Access to LinkedIn Learning
- Access to ABF Networking, connect, collaborate, and grow across the ABF Group.
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