Interim Financial Controller

Salary: £62,400 – £66,000 per year

This high growth organisation, part of a much larger group are recruiting for an experienced Interim Financial Controller on a 12 month temp to perm basis.

Reporting to an impressive Group Finance Director, your core duties will include;

• To be accountable for the monthly management accounts for the business
• Analyse and interpret the monthly management accounts, ensuring a full understanding of the plan/forecast to provide an analysis of the underlying trends in the business, providing clear opportunities and risks analysis to influence the wider business.
• Pro-actively manage monthly cost review meetings and ad hoc projects with senior operational stakeholders. The objective of the meeting is to provide appropriate reporting and analysis, to understand the spend movements, challenge spend and identify added-value opportunities.
• Financial planning and analysis in certain costs areas, supporting, challenging and providing models to aid senior managers maintain cost control.
• Challenge the current ways of working ensuring processes are streamlined where possible, systems are used to the best of their capability and identify improvements to support the wider business.
• Produce and maintain appropriate financial controls including monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations for the UK entities. Where the Management Accountant produces balance sheet reconciliations, ensure these are reviewed and any appropriate action is taken.
• Produce annual statutory accounts for the UK entities.
• Assist with the annual and interim audit, providing a key point of contact with our auditors and resolving queries with the support of the wider finance team.
• Draft the annual Corporation Tax computations for review by the Tax Manager.
• Manage the Management Accountant, providing coaching and development to ensure they can progress to more senior positions in finance and provide business support and ensure support is given to their team members.
• Other ad hoc projects as and when required assisting finance and other departments.

Key requirements;

• Qualified Accountant with a recognised qualification and at least 5 years post qual experience – ACA, ACCA, CIMA.
• Advanced working knowledge of MS Excel especially in the use of spreadsheets.
• Experience of presenting data in a clear and precise manner to both financial and non-financial employees
• Knowledge of Sage 300 ERP or another computerised accounting system
• A well organised individual with a high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Exceptional leadership skills

This is a fantastic opportunity for any immediately available Financial Controller looking for an Interim Financial Controller role in a business that can offer autonomy, permanent opportunities & ultimately long-term development.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates