Job Description

Due to promotion of the current, long-standing Finance Manager, our client is now seeking to recruit a fully qualified Financial controller to head up the finance and IT function for the business. You will manage the day to day finance function for the company providing finance information to assist with business strategy.

Primary Responsibilities

• Monthly management accounts and balance sheet reconciliations
• Production of statutory annual accounts
• Cashflow preparation and reporting
• Preparing Monthly VAT Returns
• Company payroll and pensions for full time team as well as contractors and self employed staff
• Preparation of budgets
• Overseeing purchase ledger clerk
• Contribute to improving financial awareness and capability across the organisation, to promote the culture of empowering budget holders in line with financial regulations
• Contribute to identifying risks and supporting the resolution, to minimise financial impact and loss to the organisation.
• Specific individual and shared targets and objectives are defined annually within the performance management framework. Skills, Knowledge and Experience
• Minimum 5 years previous experience in an Finance role
• Worked within a manufacturing industry
• Working collaboratively and flexibly across teams within company & Income to deliver a high level of service to all functions
• ACCA, CIMA fully qualified
• Superb spoken and written communication skills
• A professional manner
• Excellent computer literacy
• Must be a team player, resilient and have strong communication skills.
• Strong organisation skills essential.
• Ability to build effective working relationships with internal and external customers, suppliers and partners.
• Supporting I.T. projects required to enable users to interact both internally and externally.
• Managing the IT function and the outsourced IT support.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to analyse and solve problems; assessing implications using a broad perspective, and identify less obvious solutions. Good communication and negotiating skills; ability to agree on a course of action, individually or as a team. Seeking results that serve their mutual interests as a form of alternative resolution to disputes. Strategic planning skills; ability to develop plans and programmes, analysing goals and objectives for the good of the organisation. Highly focused on results. Commitment to quality. Constantly seeking improvements for results. Ability to work impartially. Pro-active and innovative; dynamic and hands on. Ability to identify problems, and taking action to address them. To be a quick thinker and decision maker. Willingness to work towards the achievement of tasks, commitments or obligations assigned by their superiors. Management and knowledge of production processes, marketing, logistics and administration. Updates: Accounting and tax regulations/financial management /foreign trade/auditing/corporate law. Technology: knowledge of management software and ERP.