Senior Finance Manager

Wood · Reading

Wood has an exciting opportunity for a Senior Finance Manager to join its Regional Finance Team on a permanent basis. Reporting to the Financial Controller for UK & Europe, this role is a key member of the Regional Financial Controller Team, playing an important part in supporting financial governance, reporting, and business performance across the region.

This position is based in Reading and operates on a hybrid working arrangement, with attendance in the office required three days per week.

The Role

The Senior Finance Manager is responsible for ensuring compliance with external financial reporting requirements and maintaining strong financial governance across the region. The role provides stewardship of the regional balance sheet, overseeing multiple legal entities and complex finance activities across the UK.

You will lead and develop high-performing finance teams, while ensuring the accurate and timely delivery of statutory, monthly, and quarterly reporting. The role also supports regional forecasting and budgeting processes, providing financial insight that drives business performance and decision-making.

In addition, you will maintain accountability for internal controls and governance, while playing a key role in the ongoing transformation of the finance operating model through process improvement, greater cross-functional integration, and operational efficiencies.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood delivers solutions across more than 60 countries with local offices covering all major energy and materials hubs globally.

For more than 160 years, we have partnered with clients to deliver engineering, advisory and operational solutions to some of the world’s most complex and critical challenges in energy and materials.

What we can offer:

Meaningful and interesting projects we support green hydrogen and fuel switching, as well as supporting local clients with energy transition
Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team and individual needs offering hybrid working arrangements
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion; we are an organisation actively committed to diversity and inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
Flexible benefits package; inclusive of 33 days annual leave (including public holidays), generous contributory pension scheme, private medical cover, 4x base salary life insurance; all of these and more that can be adapted to suit your own lifestyle
Commitment to continued professional development; development plans that are tailored to your individual needs and interests
Global connections; join experts around the world who are at the leading edge of our industry, shaping the standards of our profession

Wood is a global leader in consulting, engineering and operations for the energy and materials sectors. With 33,000 people in around 50 countries, Wood supports clients across the full asset lifecycle, delivering safe, predictable outcomes while enabling resilient operations and a lower carbon future. Wood forms the Energy & Materials pillar of Sidara - a global partnership uniting leading multidisciplinary engineering, design, and project management companies. www.woodgroup.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.

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