Our client is a growing business based in Bracknell looking to hire a Financial Controller, the role will manage a team of 10 and support the Group Financial Controller by ensuring that the control team is run effectively and efficiently on a day-to-day basis.
Responsibilities:
- To work collaboratively with the Board, Senior Leadership Team, Line Manager and Colleagues to ensure compliance and duties are upheld.
- Day to day management of the finance control team circa 10 people
- Overseeing preparation of monthly management accounts
- Reporting management accounts to the Group Financial Controller and wider management in monthly review meetings
- Ensuring transactions are accurately recorded in the general ledger and that all accounts are fully reconciled
- Review of management accounts and month-end ledgers to identify any unusual trends or inconsistencies
- Ensuring staff have a good understanding of transactions and their flows
- Training and mentoring staff in the control team
- Review of non-statutory reporting, both internally and externally, to ensure outputs are accurate
- Liaising with other areas of the wider finance team as well as other business areas
- Lead statutory audit process including allocation of responsibilities within the team and communication with external auditors
- Preparation of year end statutory accounts under current UK and Irish GAAP
- Good technical knowledge and ability to interpret relevant accounting standards
- Monitoring of processes and controls to ensure they are functioning correctly and being adhered to
- Updating documentation to ensure policies and processes are accurately recorded
A salary of £70,000-£75,000 is on offer plus great benefits such as 27 days holiday and 10% pension contribution