Financial Controller

We are working with an excellent reputable company who are looking for a financial controller to be the main point of contact within the finance team, reporting into the operational director within the company and having a team of 6 within finance.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day Finance function, ensuring accurate financial records, effective controls and high-quality financial and management reporting.
• Present financial results to the senior management team, providing insight, explaining variances and identifying key trends.
• Identify opportunities to improve revenue, profitability, cash generation and operational efficiency, monitoring the delivery of agreed objectives.
• Lead the annual budgeting and forecasting processes, including quarterly re-forecasts, cash-flow forecasting and ongoing monitoring of financial risks and opportunities.
• Highlight trends, variances, risks and opportunities to senior management and budget holders, making recommendations as appropriate.
• Take responsibility for annual financial statements and year-end processes, acting as the principal liaison with external accountants and professional advisers.
• Oversee month-end processes and balance-sheet integrity, ensuring reconciliations, accounting entries and variances are appropriately reviewed, investigated and resolved.
• Ensure the accurate and timely production of monthly management accounts and reporting packs for senior management and budget holders.
• Support the development of robust business cases, providing financial advice and assessing the viability of proposed projects and business plans.
• Oversee and approve weekly and monthly payrolls, ensuring accurate, timely and compliant processing, statutory reporting, payments and reconciliations.
• Maintain sufficient practical payroll knowledge and experience to undertake payroll processing directly where required, including providing operational cover.
• Work closely with HR to ensure payroll changes are accurate, appropriately authorised and processed within agreed deadlines.
• Take overall responsibility for cash management, working capital, VAT and taxation, ensuring effective financial control, regulatory compliance and safeguarding of organisational assets.
• Lead the delivery of a high-quality Finance service across the organisation, ensuring the function responds effectively to the needs of all departments and business areas.
• Work closely with business leaders and budget holders to develop budgets and forecasts, understand financial performance and variances, and strengthen financial capability and accountability through practical advice, support and constructive challenge.
• Support the development of robust business cases through financial modelling, options appraisal and advice on affordability, returns, cash impact and risk.
• Continually review Finance processes, policies, procedures and controls to improve efficiency, accuracy and service delivery, establishing clear ownership, efficient workflows and consistent standards.
• Prepare longer-term financial forecasts and scenario modelling to support business planning, significant decisions and investment proposals.
• Ensure all relevant statutory and regulatory requirements are met, with annual filings and statutory returns completed and submitted within required deadlines.
• Lead finance-related and cross-functional initiatives requiring financial expertise.
• Support and, where appropriate, deputise for the Director on agreed finance and governance matters.
• Undertake other duties consistent with the scope and seniority of the role, as agreed with the Director.

Skills and abilities

• 37.5 hours per week across Monday-Friday
• Hybrid working 1 day per week once settled into the business
• 25 days + bank holidays
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Social events, health scheme, staff discounts and free parking.