Financial Controller - Leatherhead, United Kingdom - E Personnel Recruitment

E Personnel Recruitment
E Personnel Recruitment
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Leatherhead, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Financial Controller
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Location: Leatherhead 2-3 days per week in office
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Hours: 37.5 Hours per week

  • Free parking & close to railway
  • Pension-Up to 6% employees' contribution
  • Life assurance
  • 25 days Holiday Plus Bank Holiday
  • Private Healthcare
  • Health Cash Plan
  • Cycletowork scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Employee Assistance Programme

Key:


  • Consolidation
  • Reporting
  • Cashflow
  • Payments
  • Collections
  • Subsidies
  • Managed a small, self sufficient team

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
To lead a team of two (Transactional Accounts)

These will include the following listed below and other duties may be assigned depending on the needs of the business:

  • Manage the statutory reporting process, including setting timetables and providing guidelines to operational finance staff in the UK and overseas.
  • Maintain accounting policies across the business.
  • Maintain Tax and Treasury functions to ensure balances are appropriately recorded and relevant action taken where required, making full use of allowable tax mitigation schemes.
  • Consult with the company external accountants.
  • Ensure all reporting to lenders and investors is delivered in a timely and accurate fashion.
  • Monitor accounting and reporting developments under UK GAAP; perform research on technical accounting issues as necessary and help train the wider finance community as accounting guidance continues to evolve.
  • Consult with statutory auditors to discuss and resolve queries as they arise and ensure a smooth audit process.
  • Monitor the reliability of the Company's standard costs.
  • Provide management with KPIs that measure the efficiency of Company resources and assets.
  • Be responsible for the short/mediumterm term cash flow forecast.
  • Maintain a reliable business plan with forecasts of cash flow, profit and loss and balance sheet
  • Provide "what if?" and ad hoc management accounting/analysis.
  • Oversee the preparation and submission of required reports for HMRC including, but not limited to, quarterly VAT Returns, P11ds, EC sales list and Intrastat
  • Engage fully with all Board members and stakeholders to ensure the smooth running of the Company.
  • Work with Human Resources to ensure accurate and efficient processing of payroll, pension, and group employment benefits provision.
  • Be responsible for the creation of efficient standard operating procedures for key duties and tasks within the finance function.
  • Mentor and develop Finance team members, conducting regular appraisal reviews in accordance with Company policies.
  • Conduct all activities in accordance with Company policies.

Personal attributes/competencies:


  • Ability to plan and manage own workload in order to meet tight deadlines.
  • Ability to use initiative and creative thinking to anticipate issues and develop common sense, practical solutions whilst staying within statutory guidelines.
  • Logical and analytical approach to solving complex problems and issues
  • Proactive and selfmotivated with excellent communication and relationshipbuilding skills, comfortable with getting out of the finance office and engaging accurately with key stakeholders within the business
  • Able to explain financial issues to nonfinancial staff.
  • Confident and flexible team player
  • A "finisher" with the genuine drive and commitment to produce the highest quality work and to deliver technical expertise at all times.
  • Attentive to detail

Essential:


  • Current experience of prevailing statutory financial reporting and consolidation in a manufacturing organisation
  • Demonstrable experience of working in financial management (rather than audit)
  • Sound knowledge of budgeting and forecasting issues and techniques
  • Excellent Excel skills
  • Supervisory/staff management experience
  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or CIMA)

Please note:

The job title shown above may be different to local job titles used in the client's business and issued on their contract of employment.

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