Financial Controller

Acteon Group is seeking a Financial Controller to help run day-to-day accounting and financial control while strengthening the way Upstream Engineering is integrated into the Group’s finance structure and operations. Based in Houston, TX onsite, this role partners closely across business lines, regional centers of excellence, and operations to improve reporting quality, protect financial integrity, and support leadership with clear, data-driven insights.

What you’ll deliver

• Coordinate with the business line FD and regional COE to ensure accurate, compliant, and timely reporting
• Review results, challenge figures, and provide variance commentaries where appropriate
• Present Actual results to the Business Manager/MD before submission
• Prepare financial reports and dashboards that track performance through KPIs and support management decision-making
• Identify and highlight key financial risks and opportunities
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across the Finance function
• Coordinate and drive Financial Project Reviews (Actuals v As bid)
• Collaborate with Sales teams to confirm margin expectations, identify exposure areas, and analyze cash flow impacts to ensure proposal financial integrity
• Act as a bridge between Finance and Operations by assessing the financial impact of strategic initiatives and ensuring alignment between financial and business goals

Planning, cash, and performance management

• Prepare the monthly Rolling Forecast (ROFO) and maintain the R&O register, presenting outcomes to Upstream Leadership, BL FD, and EVP before Group submission
• Manage and control working capital levels to support optimal free cash flow
• Coordinate with Treasury to manage cash flow and liquidity, including a 13-week cashflow forecast and approval of bank payments
• Analyze costs, monitor operational expenses, and identify areas for improvement to support cost efficiency
• Prepare, review, and submit Capex requests and monitor spending
• Coordinate the Group Budget process

Controls, compliance, and systems

• Ensure accuracy, integrity, and compliance of the balance sheet through reconciliation reviews and support to resolve discrepancies
• Support Group Finance and COE to ensure statements are accurate, compliant, and delivered on time
• Drive, project manage, and assist in annual audit processes and address control risks identified by internal and external audits
• Lead systems implementations and upgrades
• Assist in developing and implementing internal control policies and procedures
• Ensure compliance with internal financial policies and external regulations, continually developing, implementing, and ensuring adherence to internal financial and accounting policies and procedures in conjunction with COE
• Support taxation compliance across jurisdictions, liaising with Group Tax, and drive submission of returns including Corp Tax, VAT, and GST
• Ensure other local, state, national reporting requirements are met (for example, National Statistics) and manage Insurance Returns

What you bring

• Qualified or Part-qualified CIMA / ACCA / CPA
• At least 5 years experience in a Senior Finance role
• Ability to manage complex datasets from multiple sources
• Strong Excel skills plus experience with ERP and financial reporting software
• Staff management experience
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively across a geographically and culturally diverse organization
• Strong drive for results with a high degree of accuracy and precision
• Commitment to personal and professional development for both technical and personal excellence
• Strategic thinker with strong analytical skills

Technologies

• Excel
• ERP
• Financial reporting software

Duties focus areas

• Business Control
• Financial Planning and Analysis
• Financial Control
• Compliance