Group Finance Controller - Chippenham, United Kingdom - Trapeze Group Limited

Trapeze Group Limited

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Chippenham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Job Summary:

To support Group Finance Director; a commercial role with a focus on high-quality reporting and especially on adding value to the business and impacting results.

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

Support Group Manager, Business Unit Leaders and functional managers to develop clear business plans, priorities and forecasts in line with our specialized KPIs. Providing financial support and monthly reports to Functional Heads
Complete all Group Monthly and Quarterly Consolidated Financial reporting for all internal and external requirements
Support finance leads in collating group reports and explaining variances
Help support efforts to improve ROIC (return on invested capital), working capital and growth performance
Responsible to act as 'critical friend' to BU finance teams to ensure that all monthly and quarterly deadlines are met
Assist with preparation and review quarterly budget meetings
Prepare and review financial models and proposals on an ad hoc basis to support the decision making process across a range of commercial issues
Develop and improve finance and project systems.
Reviewing and assisting with €1m checklists
Support GFD financial integration and processes to portfolio best practices, including the training of finance resources
Support internal and external audits and yearly statutory fillings
Lead best practices to processes, people and systems to affect revenue, profitability and cashflow, to improve operating efficiency and performance
Lead and implement introduction of new systems and processes such as new financial systems, expense management and other reporting systems

Additional Activities (shared with other members of finance team):

Take on company-wide finance tasks as allocated from time to time
Support financial team providing daytoday assistance as required
Assist in monthly and year end management/financial accounts and audit
Ad hoc financial analysis in support of the preparation of management accounts
Travel will be required

Personal Specification

Knowledge and Skills required:

Professionally qualified (CIMA, ACA, ACCA, ACMA) with at least 5 years post qualification experience.
Strong organisational abilities, experience of working to tight deadlines and a hands on approach to finance.
Advanced Excel including Pivot tables, Lookup functions and similar is essential for all analysis and reporting duties
Deep knowledge of accounting principles, good understanding of financial/management information systems. Technically competent with finance and accounting knowledge and skills.
Strong analytical skills and the ability to adapt to and implement change.
High level of numeracy (Accounting/Maths/Statistics) and the ability to interpret management information

Desirable but not essential

Experience with Microsoft Great Plains
Previous experience of working within IFRS15 Revenue Recognition
Previous experience of working within a multicurrency reporting environment

Personal Qualities

Approachable and professional
Ability to work flexible hours under pressure to tight timescales.
Passionate and driven
Self motivated and energetic.

Flexible and adaptable

We believe in leading through learning
Good sense of humour, with the ability to create and maintain excellent communication between different stakeholders at all levels across the organisation

Worker Type:
Regular

Number of Openings Available:
1

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