Operational Controller – Installs

3 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom PTSG Full time

PTSG have been keeping people and buildings safe since 2007 with over 2,400 employees over 47 operational bases across the UK.

PE backed with the owners still heavily involved and an entrepreneurial backbone that enables the business to move fast and react to clients and legislative changing needs.

Values and culture are at the heart of everything we do. Through investment and acquisitions, PTSG continues to grow, improve, and revolutionise the construction and Facilities Management industry.


The Operational Controller - Installs has responsibility for the accurate and timely accounting of operational transactions for assigned businesses within the Installs Division.

This is a crucial finance role that will be part of the Group Finance team , working with senior operational staff and reporting to the Senior Operational Controller - Installs.


The role will primarily focus on ensuring accurate reporting of revenue, accrued income, materials, inventory and related direct costs to ensure that Gross Margin is accurately recorded in line with relevant accounting standards.

Project Accounting is also a key element of the role, ensuring on a project by project basis financial records are robust and accurate, as well as providing relevant financial analysis and reports on the profitability of jobs.

Key Accountabilities (major end results the job is expected to achieve):

Project accounting:
to ensure income and costs recognised in accordance with accounting standards.

Need to ensure accrued / deferred income and costs captured correctly and produce meaningful financial analysis on a project by project basis.

Track actual performance versus quoted costs and report on any significant variances providing full explanation and analysis. Work with operational team to update forecasted costs to completion and related accounting.

Management Accounts:
support on ensuring accurate reporting in management accounts including analysis and commentary of the financial result each period.

Business Partnering:
Work with and support Operational Teams in ensuring accurate business reporting and good operational/cost control. Involves reporting of project financials to Operational teams

Revenue recognition:
ensure that all revenue recognised is in line with relevant accounting standards and local group policies.

Materials and direct costs:

ensure all materials are booked in and out of inventory accurately and on a timely basis to ensure accurate costs on a project by project basis.

Direct costs should be allocated to specific projects as well as being reviewed overall to ensure effective cost control.

Balance sheet:
Preparation of relevant balance sheet accounts, including reconciliations and supporting documentation ensuring robust support is in place for each balance and reconciling items are cleared on a timely basis

External audit:

Support on the external audit by ensuring robust reconciliations and support is in place for areas, such as revenue recognition, accrued/deferred income/costs, stock counts and relevant accruals and prepayments.


Person Profile (Qualifications, Knowledge, Skill and Experience):

  • Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA)
  • Good knowledge of accounting principles and their appropriate application
  • Project/construction accounting experience is advantageous
  • Strong business partnering skills with the ability to engage with and challenge operational staff
  • Highly credible and able to quickly build effective working relationships
  • Analytical, accurate and detailed
  • Pragmatic and flexible in approach
  • Self-starter and able to work autonomously
  • Strong time management and the ability to prioritise
  • System orientated with excellent IT skills (PTSG is a Sage Accounting environment and the individual must have an advanced Excel capability)
  • Experience of working with operational and financial systems, in particular linking of these to ensure complete and accurate financial reporting


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