Financial Controller
Epsom
55K - 65K
Hours: 37.5 hrs a week (4pm Friday finish!)
Hybrid: WFH once a week with the possibility for more flexibly over time
THE ROLE:
The role of Financial Controller has overall responsibility for the Finance department within a leading distribution organisation.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Line management of the finance team - 2 staff members
- Timely and accurate production of management accounts
- Overall responsibility for all finance functions
- Responsibility for risk management including banking, insurance and audits
- Financial reporting to senior management to inform business decisions
- Payroll submission and reporting, including calculation of commissions
- KPI / Scorecard reporting
KEY DUTIES:
- Monthly management accounts and supporting reconciliations, for all P&L and Balance sheet accounts.
- Monthly VAT returns - reconciling and submitting
- Monthly KPI / scorecard reports
- Monthly payroll submission including pension contributions
- Quarterly WEEE reports
- Import duty review
- Ensuring all purchase invoices are processed in a timely manner, including authorising invoices.
- Supplier payments runs, including reviewing the proposed payments
- Weekly invoice factor reconciliation and submission
- Understanding credit limits and exposure to bad debt
- Ad hoc financial reports and analysis
- Foreign currency trades
- Cash flow management
- Statutory compliance and filing
- Annual company insurance renewals
- Additional administration and queries for non-trading companies and overseas entities
- Holiday cover for other members/functions of the finance team.
- Any other reasonable request
SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:
- Fully qualified (ACA / ACCA preferred) with minimum 2 years post qualification experience or QBE
- Ideally a combination of experience from practice and commerce
- A proven track record within a distribution environment is preferred
- SME experience
- Line management experience
- Excellent Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel incl. Vlookups and Pivot Tables
- Experience working with an ERP system, ideally Netsuite
- Experience with payroll administration
- Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
- Liaise with all levels of staff within the business
- Ability to problem solve with a commercial approach
- Attention to detail
- Flexible and willing to proactively take on work that will not traditionally be part of the finance role.
BENEFITS:
- CPD support – for the right candidate we will offer support to train and obtain relevant professional qualifications including ICS, CIM, ACCA, CIPS, CIPD
- Critical Illness Cover, Life Assurance & Income Protection
- Cycle to work
- Discount on our own products
- Discount shopping portal
- Employee Assistance
- Flexible working – subject to role and business requirements
- Health Cash Plan
- Holiday rising with length of service
- Pension Salary Exchange & Financial wellbeing
- Quarterly social events