This will be a very hands-on role to help scale up the business. You will be efficient and numerate in handling all aspects of the organisation's finance. The successful candidate will have experience of setting up and maintaining effective and efficient financial procedures and experience of financial administration and bookkeeping including payroll. You will need to demonstrate effective team management capability. This is a great opportunity to implement new controls, streamline processes and add value to the company at an important stage of growth and consolidation.
Key areas of responsibility include:
- The implementation and maintenance of appropriate internal financialcontrols without limiting the entrepreneurial spirit of the business.
- Meeting statutory, external and internal reporting requirements.
- Prepare and present timely financial management packs providing practical advice to the senior team.
- Balance sheet monitoring and production.
- Preparation of audit packs and liaison with auditors.
- Cash Flow Management.
- Team Management and provide advice and guidance to everyone in the business relating to financial and business aspects.
- Payroll
Experience Required
Ideally with experience of working in Financial Controller capacity and in setting up a new internal finance function with team management experience you should have:
- ACCA/CIMA/ACA qualification and up to 3 years PQE.
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to relate to people at all levels both internally and externally.
- The ability to plan, balance and cope with competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Good standard of IT including experience of using MS Office.
- Proficiency in financial software applicable to the finance function.
- Strong team working orientation with a flexible and adaptable approach to work demands across the whole organisation.
- Ability to effectively balance the need for compliance but demonstrate pragmatic advice that will not restrict business.
- Strong business acumen.
- Self-starter, practical, able to work under pressure.
- A 'can do' attitude.
- Ability to constructively challenge existing practices and drive improvements and changes.