Group Financial Controller - Cannock, United Kingdom - Briggs Equipment

Briggs Equipment
Briggs Equipment
Verified Company
Cannock, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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The Opportunity:
Group Financial Controller


Contract:
Permanent


Location:
Cannock

The Briggs Equipment Group is a leading provider of asset management and maintenance solutions across the UK and Ireland. Briggs is part of the US based, Sammons Corporation group of companies. This role is a new role due to the growth of our business andforms a key part of our Finance leadership team,with responsibility for managing the Group central finance function


The Impact you will have:


  • Ensure the Group's external reporting and disclosures are conducted in compliance with the external regulatory environment, Sammons's parent company policies, 3rd party requirements (e.g. funding body requirements/covenants) and local (UK & ROI) Group
  • Responsibility for the production and external audit activity of the Group'sconsolidated statutory accounts (ensuring compliance with both UKGAAP and USGAAP reporting frameworks), and those of all UK subsidiary companies
  • Responsibility for the Group's tax compliance (principally VAT and corporation tax), ensuring that payments to HMRC are made in a timely fashion, internal provisions are robustly maintained and appropriate treatments/ recordkeeping are in place
  • Responsibility for ensuring that the company maintains an appropriate treasury capability, with oversight of the Group's funding facilities, bank accounts, FX transactions and interest rate hedging
  • Ensure an effective view of the funding costs of existing and potential funding instruments used across the Group is in place and lead insight on the Group's WACC and opportunities to optimize the Group's funding portfolio
  • Work across the GB & Ireland finance teams to ensure sufficient cash and working capital are maintained across the Group businesses
  • Responsibility for the Group's consolidated management reporting, forecasting and budgeting framework, giving clarity across the Group on timelines and requirements, ensuring there is sufficient time for the effective analysis/challenge of submissions andsupporting the exec with insight and valuebased analysis of business unit outlooks (particularly with a view against achievement of the Group's value growth targets)
  • Lead the daytoday relationship with the Sammons parent company finance team, ensuring that the UK/ROI Group's accounting practice and material decisions/treatments are understood andreflect the parent company's guidance & governance. This includes responsibilityfor all financial reporting to the Sammons parent company within required deadlines

What will help you to excel in this role:

  • Experience of leading a large, centralised finance function within a group environment
  • A professional accounting qualification
  • Extensive professional experience in accounting, finance, and budget control
  • Experience of mergers and acquisitions
  • Experience in communicating at a senior management level

What you can expect from us:

  • Negotiable base salary
  • Future development and career opportunities
  • Contributory pension scheme with employer contributions up to 6%
  • Management bonus scheme up to 20%
  • Company car cash allowance of £6,000 per annum
  • Future professional qualification and membership financial support
  • Bupa Medical and eyecare health scheme
  • High street discounts

What's next

  • Not sure if this is the right role for you? Please feel free to visit the careers page on our website and send us your CV speculatively for a member of the team to review
  • If you require any reasonable adjustments to assist you in the interview process, then please contact a member of the Recruitment team and inform them prior to attending so we can ensure these are met
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