Financial Controller in Loughton

Job Summary:

Trapeze ITS UK, a leading provider of intelligent transport systems, is seeking an experienced and dynamic Financial Controller to lead and optimise our finance team and associated activities for its UK&I and international customer base.
Trapeze ITS is part of Modaxo, a global organization bringing together businesses that collectively focus on advancing new technologies and innovations for people transportation. With more than 40 companies representing over 30 brands, Modaxo comprises over 3,300 people, operating from almost 40 countries around the world.
As an employer we are committed to cultivating a friendly and exciting working environment, with huge emphasis on employee engagement. We can offer the sense of social community often associated with a small, local business; combined with the expected advantages of working for a far larger employer: great benefits; dedication to identifying talent; and huge investment in staff development.

Job Description:

This role partners closely with the General Manager to produce accurate, insightful financial reporting and to shape commercially focused decisions that enhance value and improve business outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Be a business partner by supporting the General Manager and functional managers to develop clear business plans, priorities and forecasts in line with our specialised KPIs. Providing financial support and monthly reports to functional heads

• Manage a finance team comprising of a Senior Management Accountant and Assistant Accountant

• Internal and external reporting including monthly/ quarterly/annual group reporting and statutory audit of the annual report

• Assist project teams to guide their focus onto key performance issues and help them measure their impact and improvement.

• Review of monthly balance sheet and P&L

• Provide support to the sales team on tender/bid submission – scenario planning to assess impacts to P&L and key KPIs

• Lead quarterly forecasts and leveraging our proprietary metrics to ensure high business performance

• Develop inter-company relationships so that we align QSRs and forecasts with other Modaxo business units and prevent missing anything that will affect the business\’ budgets

• Prepare and review financial models and proposals on an ad hoc basis to support the decision making process across a range of commercial issues

• Preparation of monthly management reports, KPIs and variance analysis

• Reconcile, maintain and validate multiple balance sheet