Finance Manager - Europe

The Role

This is an exceptional opportunity for a recently qualified accountant to accelerate their finance career during the integration of Howden and Chart Industries into Baker Hughes, one of the world's leading energy technology companies. Joining during this transformational period will provide exposure to large-scale corporate finance, international reporting, business integration and strategic finance projects that are rarely available so early in a finance career.

As Finance Manager - Europe within our European Regional Finance team, you will play a key role in supporting the financial reporting, planning and control activities across a diverse European business spanning 16 countries and around 40 business units.

Working directly with an experienced regional finance leadership team, you will develop expertise in financial reporting, consolidation, forecasting, business partnering and financial controls, while collaborating with finance professionals across Europe and global corporate finance teams.

You'll also gain exposure to senior regional leaders and contribute to reporting and analysis that supports decision-making at both regional and global levels.

This role is ideal for someone who is ambitious, curious, and eager to broaden their experience beyond traditional financial reporting into the wider world of international finance and business performance management. 

About Us

Howden and Chart Industries are now part of Baker Hughes, a leading energy technology company serving customers across the energy and industrial sectors worldwide.

For more than 165 years, Howden has been at the forefront of engineering innovation, providing mission-critical air and gas handling solutions to industries around the world. Combined with Chart's leadership in process technologies and cryogenic equipment, we are helping customers tackle some of the world's most complex energy and industrial challenges. 

Our European Regional Finance team provides financial leadership, reporting, analysis and governance across our extensive European operations. We work closely with business unit finance teams, senior regional leadership and global finance functions to provide accurate financial insight, support strategic decision making and ensure strong financial controls across the region.

As we integrate Chart, Howden and Baker Hughes, our finance teams are at the heart of shaping future processes, reporting structures and ways of working across a global organisation. This creates a unique opportunity to contribute to transformation initiatives while building broad international finance experience. 

What You'll Gain

Few opportunities for recently qualified accountants offer exposure to reporting, consolidation, forecasting, business partnering, governance and finance transformation at this scale. In this role, you'll work closely with experienced finance leaders and gain hands-on experience across:

• Group and statutory reporting within a global organisation
• Regional and entity-level consolidation accounting
• Financial planning, forecasting and budgeting processes
• Cash, working capital and business performance management
• International finance operations across multiple countries and business units
• Financial systems, reporting tools and data analytics
• Power BI and technology-enabled decision making
• SOX, governance and internal control frameworks
• Internal and external audit engagement
• Senior leadership reporting and stakeholder management
• Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Operations, Procurement and Project Management teams
• Finance transformation and integration activities associated with the Baker Hughes acquisition 

What You Will Do

You will support the Regional Financial Controller and work closely with finance teams throughout Europe to ensure accurate reporting, strong governance and meaningful business insight.

Key responsibilities include:

• Support the monthly financial reporting cycle across the European region.
• Coordinate weekly, monthly, quarterly and annual reporting deliverables, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Prepare and analyse regional consolidated financial information and management reports.
• Partner with business unit finance teams to understand performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Provide financial analysis and insight into key strategic and operational areas.
• Support the annual operating plan (AOP) and quarterly forecasting processes.
• Assist with compliance, governance and internal control activities, including SOX requirements.
• Collaborate with global finance functions including Tax, Treasury, Internal Audit and Corporate Finance.
• Play an active role in supporting finance integration and transformation initiatives associated with the Baker Hughes acquisition.
• Contribute to finance improvement projects covering areas such as working capital management, capital expenditure, acquisition accounting & revenue recognition.

What Do You Bring?

We're looking for a motivated finance professional who is eager to learn, develop and build a long-term career within a global finance organisation. An ideal candidate would likely have the following profile:

• Qualified accountant (ICAS, ACCA or ACA) with up to two years post-qualified experience.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge and a solid understanding of financial reporting principles.
• Advanced Excel skills and strong financial modelling capabilities.
• Strong analytical, numerical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Understanding of the importance of financial controls and operating within a controlled environment.
• Interest in leveraging technology and data to improve finance processes.
• Experience using tools such as Power BI or reporting systems would be advantageous.
• Exposure to group reporting or consolidation systems would be beneficial but is not essential.
• Fluent English communication skills, additional European languages are welcomed but not required.

Our Benefits

• A flexible, hybrid working environment
• Generous holiday entitlement package totalling 33 days annual leave
• Howden Pension Plan with a maximum employer contribution of 7%
• Company electric vehicle scheme through salary sacrifice
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity, shared parental and adoption leave pay
• Free onsite parking
• Healthcare cash plan
• Group Life Assurance plan at 3x salary
• Group Income Protection plan
• Access to My Howden Benefits & Wellbeing Portal - Cycle2Work programme, range of discounts across various retailers, employee assistance programme, wealth of information to support health & wellbeing
• Dedicated Spark Service - free counselling, physiotherapy, financial support, medical second opinion, remote GP, personal training, nutrition consultations etc
• Financial planning & mortgage support
• Opportunity to be involved in our ESG ‘Bright Future’ initiatives - STEM ambassador & volunteering