Financial Controller in Guildford

An international specialist engineering business is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to support their CFO. This will be a hands-on role with a broad range of responsibilities including management of financial reporting and accounting operations. More specifically, the role will cover: * Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for review by the CFO on review and finalisation * Take ownership of assigned areas of the month-end and year-end close * Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation. * Prepare and reconcile balance sheet accounts * Oversee the integrity and timeliness of ledger transactions, managing a small team * Control of month end journal posting including WIP, prepayments, accruals etc * Maintain the Fixed Asset Register * Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process including P&L and variance analysis * Support the year-end close and preparation of supporting schedules for external audit requirements We are looking for a talented, qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) who has a strong technical accounting background who can take ownership of a small finance operations team. An advanced user of Microsoft Excel is essential as this is used extensively. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail are important personal competencies. You must be a confident, articulate communicator to interact across multiple countries and be willing to be hands on when required. Hybrid working is available