Group Financial Controller in Livingston

About Holmes Care Group

We are Holmes Care Group! Weekly Hours: 40 (Location Scotland with regular travel to our care homes). Join our growing team where we're dedicated to enriching the lives of our residents and their families. Our passionate staff are the driving force behind making this purpose a reality! Our company core values are inspired by TRUST: we are T (Thoughtful), R (Responsible), U (Unique), S (Striving for excellence) and T (Together).

Benefits Package

• Attractive salary (depending upon experience)
• SSSC registration fees paid for (Scotland only)
• Company pension scheme
• Disclosure and Barring Service/PVG application paid for (permanent positions only)
• Refer a Friend Scheme paying up to £500
• Opportunity to join the Blue Light Card Scheme
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme and Occupational Health Provider
• Exclusive Online Retail Discounts and Cash Back
• Discounted Health Club memberships
• Access to bespoke online and face to face training provided by Holmes Care Group
• Additional on-going training and development opportunities
• Recognition schemes including annual Staff Appreciation Week and annual National Care Awards

Job Profile

The Group Financial Controller (FC) will play a critical role in creating a world-class financial controls environment, driving commercial performance, operational efficiency, and financial leadership across the organisation. The Group FC will support the Chief Financial Officer in designing systems and processes to ensure a robust financial controls environment is maintained. The role will lead the finance team and drive improvements in financial systems, reporting infrastructure and support with short and long-term financial planning. This role also involves close collaboration with key stakeholders, including Regional Operations Managers, the Managing Director and the Operations Director, to deliver insights, analysis, and operational support.

Key Responsibilities

General

• Promote and ensure at all times the good reputation of Holmes Care Group.
• Ensure that all information of a confidential nature is not divulged to third parties.
• Adhere to all Company Policies and Procedures at all times.

Health and Safety

• Adhere at all times to the Company H&S Policies.
• Report to the CFO or a Director any accident incurred by a visitor, staff member, self or others.
• Report any defective or faulty appliances which may lead to an incident or accident.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Keen focus on optimising and creating internal financial controls across all areas of finance.
• Business partnering with Regional Operations Managers, the Managing Director and the Operations Director to deliver insights and analysis on commercial performance of homes.
• Working closely with operational managers to optimise performance, control costs and improve profitability.
• Provide logical data and support to improve and influence decision-making across the business.
• Line management of 5 direct reports: Finance Analyst, Credit Control Manager, Accounts Payable Supervisor, Payroll Officer, and Accounts Assistant.
• Lead the further adoption and integration of Microsoft Business Central across finance operations.
• Centralise business data and reporting of financial and non-financial metrics through platforms such as Power BI to enhance decision-making and performance tracking.
• Conduct variance analysis of revenue drivers and key costs, such as payroll and agency.
• Produce weekly occupancy reports, including detailed commentary and analysis.
• Create and maintain Management Information (MI) reports to track performance.
• Support the Chief Financial Officer in producing long-term rolling forecasts and budgets.
• Weekly production of a 13-week rolling cash flow forecast model.
• Streamline the production of management accounts through technology and process improvements.
• Manage the production of management accounts, including coaching Accounts Payable and Credit Control Managers on processes like accruals and income reconciliations.
• Perform regular balance sheet reconciliations.
• Main business contact for annual statutory audit.
• Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency in financial reporting and analysis.
• Undertake ad-hoc tasks as required by the Chief Financial Officer.

Requirements Qualifications, Knowledge, And Experience

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA etc.)
• Excellent communicator with the confidence and ability to discuss financial data and insights with senior members of the business including the CEO / CFO.
• Advanced Excel skills – such as pivot tables, SUMIFs, and VLOOKUPs.
• Experience in a medium-size business.
• Experience in a multi-site environment, particularly within the hospitality or care sector, is desirable.
• Experience with Power BI (desirable).
• SQL knowledge (desirable).
• Experience managing a finance team and implementing financial systems (desirable).

This job description is not an exhaustive list of duties, but a guideline to indicate the main areas of responsibility and is subject to periodical review to meet operational needs and following consultation with the job holder.