Financial Controller

Purpose of the role: To support the Financial Director by implementing FD methodologies and driving changes in month-end processes. The primary objective is to mentor and manage the accounting and commercial teams to deliver accurate, complete trial balance reconciliations. These reconciliations will form the foundation for comprehensive management information, including detailed analysis and commentary.

Responsibilities include:

• Ensure all team members fully understand all systems and processes that are used within the business and why.
• Ensure all Four Group guidelines are understood and adhered to.
• Manage, mentor, and develop the accounting team of three persons and the commercial team of two persons.
• Identify opportunities to streamline financial processes and enhance efficiencies.
• Deploy job enrichment program to reduce “transfer knowledge” risk.
• Reduce month-end close within 5 business days.
• Assist in month-end feedback sessions with Account & Finance team to learn from errors and board queries.
• Adopt a business-first approach where individuals take ownership of their responsibilities while fostering and empowering teamwork.
• Ensure delivery of daily/weekly commercial reports on time with accuracy.
• Manage the deployment of automating the weekly reports within Power-BI.
• Manage the deployment of automating the cost centre reports within Power-BI (self-serving).
• Ensure completeness of month-end postings for commercial team perspective: e.g., Accruals/prepayments/WIP.
• Full monthly Trial-Balance reconciliations for all entities for the commercial team.
• Maintain intercompany postings and reconciliation of all companies.
• Central cost monthly accrual postings and reconciliation to schedule/budget.
• Manage system FX rates.
• Produce standard reporting of M.I. with variance analysis, detailed commentary, and supporting analysis.
• Attend FD’s Month-end MI meeting with budget heads to gain further understanding of cost centre performance.
• Attend Monthly Board MI review meetings.
• Ownership of end-to-end Year-end audit – Commercial schedules and relevant audit works.
• Improve weekly Cash and Payment-card reconciliations with a high level of accuracy.
• Ensure completeness of month-end postings for accounting team perspective: e.g., Salary posting with direct central cost.
• Full monthly Trial-Balance reconciliations for all entities for the accounting team: payment types/cash collections.
• Ensure timely submission of statutory accounts and regulatory filings: Annual Accounts, CT returns, Wage Tax returns, ad hoc filings.
• Ownership of end-to-end Year-end audit – Accounting schedules and relevant audit works.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays each year.
• Generous staff discount across a variety of brands.
• Auto-enrolment into the company pension scheme.
• Cycle-to-work scheme.
• Seasonal ticket loan.
• Charity time-bank scheme.
• Ability to purchase additional annual leave.