£50000 - £62000 Per year
Financial Controller
Permanent
Job Description
- Responsible for creating and uploading month end journals into the GL to ensure integrity in the reported financials and adhering to the timetable.
- Analyzing relevant sections of the firm's accounts to enable the production of meaningful commentary against comparatives.
- Using and developing a dialogue with stakeholders that encourages transparency and avoids "finance-speak" with non-finance staff.
- Developing and maintaining fixed asset registers, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
- Ensuring that relevant monthly balance sheet account reconciliations are completed on a timely basis and differences are investigated and resolved promptly.
- Assisting the Financial Controller when dealing with all Accounts Payable matters.
- Establishing an efficient and effective process for information gathering for budgets and forecasts.
- Assisting with the production of cash flow forecasts utilizing knowledge gained through the month end close and budget /forecast processes.
- Contributing to the review of existing processes and controls to identify improvements that can be introduced to ensure financial processes and controls operate effectively and efficiently on a day-to-day basis.
- Assisting with the development and implementation of financial policies, ensuring that they remain current and relevant.
- Contributing to the development of a risk management process.
- Assisting with the completion of accurate and timely statutory reporting.
- Liaising with auditors about queries and information requested during the interim and final audit process.
- Assisting the Financial Controller in producing periodic VAT returns and working with the Tax team to understand movements.
- Taking responsibility for completing or assisting with completion of relevant ad hoc finance queries as may occur from time to time.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Qualified Accountant —ACA, ACCA, CIMA
- Experience of 3E is desirable
- Excellent working knowledge of MS Excel
- Previously having worked within professional services, law firm experience desirable
- Must be self-motivated, highly organized, accurate, with strong attention to detail and be able to work with minimal supervision
- Flexible and enthusiastic with the ability to manage own workload, priorities and deadlines.
- Can do attitude with the ability to identify and solve problems quickly.
Reference no: 102162