ALFinancial Controller

Overview

Our client is a growing £80m turnover group, established for 30+ years with consecutive year on year growth. They seek to hire a Financial Controller who is happy to take a 5 year+ view on growing and developing with the Group as they work towards aspirations to continue growing to c £150m+ turnover. The role will report to the Finance Director and manage a team of 10.

• Review, prepare and post journals as necessary to close the month (accruals, prepayments, provisions, intercompany etc)
• Review balance sheet and other reconciliations ensuring the reconciliations are substantiated and understood
• Oversee team adherence to monthly reporting timetable and regular tasks
• Produce monthly financial and management reporting within agreed deadlines, with comments and analysis
• Analytical review and commercial insights
• Ad hoc reports

• Co-ordinating/ overseeing/ improving the effective use and efficiency of processes, systems and applications including EVO, Weighsoft, Syrinx, Fred, Site-Manager, Power BI, Computime, Excel and online banking

• Purchase and sales ledgers
• Credit control
• Supplier and other payments, including subcontractors
• Payroll including pensions and HMRC
• VAT returns, CIS Returns and compliance
• Fixed assets and leases
• Intra Group charging for Plant and other items at fair rates (at or below market value)
• Contract accounting including amounts recoverable on contracts in line with CVR values
• Inter-company accounting and balances

• Regular Cash flow forecast summary reports to CEO / FD
• Daily bank balances review and overnight deposits
• Maintaining credit balances for operating bank accounts

• Maintaining excellent and productive relationships and communications with key stakeholders internally and externally
• Liaising with external auditors and providing all relevant information, insights and explanations throughout the annual audit process

• Management, mentoring and development of a busy supporting finance team of 10, with 6 direct reports (purchase ledger manager, sales ledger manager, payroll manager, 2 management accountants and cash book controller)

A salary of £80,000-£90,000 is on offer plus discretionary bonus and benefits