The Role

About Us

Howden has a range of compressors, blowers, fans, steam turbines, and rotary heat exchangers, and has been at the forefront of developing engineered solutions for the needs of industrial processes since 1854. In 2023, Howden joined forces with Chart Industries, a global leader in engineered equipment for clean energy and industrial gas markets.

Together, we operate over 64 manufacturing sites and 50+ service centres worldwide, with 11,700+ employees driving innovation in hydrogen, carbon capture, energy recovery, nuclear, water treatment, mining, and LNG. As part of the Nexus of Clean™, we are advancing a sustainable future-helping customers improve efficiency and reduce emissions across clean power, water, food, and industrial sectors.

Join us and be part of a purpose-driven team shaping the future and tackling some of the planet’s most urgent challenges, all while growing your career in a dynamic global environment.

What Will You Do?

• Support a team of 5 direct reports with responsible for all areas of Finance and Accounting within the business unit.
• Full management of GL, AP, AR, Project Accounting and FP&A processes, treasury, cashflow and cashflow forecasting
• Publish monthly US GAAP financial statements
• Responsibility as SOX Lead for implementing and maintaining company SOX control environment
• Completion of statutory accounts/audit - ensure full preparation along with all relevant disclosures and business updates, filing in line with statutory requirements.
• Act as a trusted finance business partner to the Managing Director and senior leadership team
• Provide clear, actionable financial insight to support pricing, margin management, capacity utilisation, and investment decisions
• Maintain strong financial control, ensuring DOA is maintained and applied in line with Group policies

What Do You Bring?

An ideal candidate would likely have the following profile:

• Qualified accountant
• Minimum 5 years of relevant professional experience and practical accounting skills are required
• Demonstrated experience of leading and developing a small team in a fast paced, deadline driven, corporate environment.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills with people and results driven focus
• Working knowledge of US GAAP reporting and SOX controls environment
• Experience in group reporting systems.

We’ve put together some criteria that we think is important for this role, but don’t worry if your experience and expertise isn’t an exact match. If you feel that you can add value to our role and to Howden more broadly, we would welcome your application and be eager to learn more about you.

Our Benefits

This is a permanent position based at our office in Peterborough. Our range of fantastic benefits includes:

• 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
• 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

Howden is an equal opportunity employer

The Company intention in respect of recruitment, selection and promotion is to appoint the most suitable candidate for each job regardless of that person’s race, religious beliefs, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age or disability.