Job Description

You will be a Qualified Accountant with experience of managing finance teams, tasks, and processes. Alongside the managerial aspect of the role, the Financial Controller will also need to be comfortable in a hands on and business facing position, and the successful candidate will need the ability to work in a fast paced and highly commercial environment with multiple stakeholders.

• Mentor, manage and lead the finance team on a day-to-day basis;
• Oversee, manage and run the month end close process, locking off all ledgers and finalizing trial balances of all group companies;
• Produce base management accounts each month for the Head of FP&A;
• Control and own the overhead budget of the group, ensuring spend is adequately controlled and monitored, and variances understood.
• Oversee the processing and payment of overheads;
• Review and approve Purchase Orders, business expenses and credit card transactions;
• Review and approve all Direct Debit receipts and payments;
• Manage the payroll outsourcing relationship - review and approve all monthly payroll administration, and ensure the monthly payroll runs seamlessly;
• Manage funding requirements for the businesses, forecasting cash flow regularly and keeping the CFO informed of funding needs;
• Review and approve monthly accruals and prepayments - trading and overheads;
• Manage the group capital accounting process, ensuring capital items are depreciated as per policy;
• Review and approve all balance sheet control accounts monthly, quarterly or annually as appropriate. Major areas include cash, sales ledger control, purchase ledger control, accrued and deferred trading income/costs, inter-company accounts and tax/salary control;
• Review, approve and submit monthly VAT returns, using established reports and timetables.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Proven experience in a Finance Manager or Financial Controller role with an appropriate professional Accountancy qualification;
• Proven experience in leading and managing a finance team;
• A Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting is preferred, but not essential;
• Good working knowledge of payroll and/or managing outsourced payroll providers;
• Experience in using Xero is advantageous;
• Strong working knowledge of Office 365 with advanced Excel skills
• Ability to remain calm under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Excellent communication skills;
• Flexible approach to working with differing tasks;
• Professional approach to confidentiality;
• Enthusiastic with a can-do attitude;
• Self-starter;
• Must be able to work on their own initiative and be a team player.