Compco Fire Systems Limited
Head of Finance
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HEAD OF FINANCE
Worcester
Salary up to £85,000
Company Car / Allowance (£625 per month)
We just joined a $7.9bn global business. You could help shape and drive what's next.
Compco has been built over 35+ years into one of the UK's largest fire engineering businesses. This year, our parent, WTech Fire Group, was acquired by APi Group Corporation (a global fire and life safety giant with 500+ locations, 29,000+ people and operations in 20+ countries).
It’s an exciting time offering huge opportunity.
You'd be joining Compco at the exact moment we join serious global infrastructure, new resources, new systems, new ambition, while still being financially strong, well-run and stable enough that you're not firefighting from day one. You will manage and support an established accounts team controlling our Blue-chip client book, which includes the likes of M&S, NHS, Asda, Premier Inn, Starbucks, IKEA, Rolls Royce, AstraZeneca, and more.
We’ve got real momentum and now it needs someone to own the finance function through this next chapter.
- Scale without red tape. Backed by a global platform, but you'll still be the finance leader in the room, shaping strategy, driving efficiencies and making real impact, not just reporting on it.
- A growth story, not a rescue mission. You're building on strong foundations, not fixing a broken function.
- Genuine influence. You report straight to the CEO.
- Modernisation with a mandate. Real scope to drive systems, automation and process change, not just maintain what's here.
- A platform for your own next move. Being part of a $7.9bn global group opens doors that a standalone SME can't.
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What you'll be doing
- Owning financial strategy and driving it forward as the business scales
- Leading, developing and growing the Accounts Team
- Delivering the reporting, forecasting and risk analysis that shapes real decisions
- Running the annual budgeting and forecasting cycle
- Taking full ownership of cash flow planning and management
- Managing external audit relationships and internal controls
- Interrogating and improving product costing
- Driving automation, standardisation and simplification across finance
- Keeping monthly closing processes sharp, accurate and on time
- Partnering across the business as the commercial voice in the room
- Leading the evolution of finance systems and reporting capability
What you'll need
This is a contracting-environment role, that's non-negotiable. A qualified accountant (ACCA or Cima), you'll need to be genuinely fluent in:
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- Invoice alterations, applications for payment and valuations on live jobs
- Cash flow management through the peaks and troughs of project-based billing
- Credit control across a contracts client base, retentions, terms, the lot
Beyond that: sharp commercial instincts, the confidence to challenge and influence senior stakeholders and a track record of actually leading a finance team, not just managing one.
What's in it for you
- Salary up to £85,000
- Company Car / Allowance (£625 per month)
- 33 days holiday (inc of Bank Holidays)
- Additional day off to celebrate your birthday how you wish
- Optional private medical insurance, after probation completion
- Life assurance (2 x annual salary) with effect from your start date
- Pension contribution scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Income Protection Policy after 5 years’ service
- Long Service Awards after 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years’ service
- Perkbox discounts and recognition scheme
- Enhanced Family Friendly packages (Maternity & Paternity)
Ready to lead finance through a genuinely exciting chapter? Get in touch or apply now.
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