Job Description

We are now moving into the next, exciting phase of our long-term plan. Our focus for this phase is to consolidate the growth achievements, introduce new revenue streams and create a business that has the required management structure, reporting lines and risk controls required by a medium sized enterprise. To this end we are looking to appoint a Financial Accountant to lead the accounts department and take full responsibility for the accurate and timely recording of all financial transactions, budgeting and forecasting, cash flow management, adherence to business and taxation laws and regulations, preparation and submission of accounts to the auditors, financial risk identification, implementation of financial controls and financial reporting to the board.

The FA will report directly to the CFO and lead a team that currently has four members but will inevitably expand over the next financial year as required. The team currently consists of a Management Accountant and 3 assistants. The MA is responsible for commercial and financial data analysis, preparation of various internal and external financial and commercial reports, and to assist the CFO & FA as and when required.

Financial Accountant

Key Attributes:

The ideal candidate will be a dynamic, highly motivated and organised individual with a keen commercial mind who is able to add value to the business through their training, experience and insight. We are a fast-paced, multi-faceted business with a strong, capable leadership team. The candidate will be expected to join the leadership team and will therefore need to be enthusiastic, have excellent communication skills, have the ability to form and communicate ideas, be able to positively influence at all levels within the organisation and form positive, beneficial working relationships both internally and externally. The candidate will need to be both professional and personable with a dedication to accuracy and integrity and who is capable and willing to be “hands-on” to ensure that KPI’s are achieved.

IT and Related Skills:

We are in the process of updating our hardware and software systems and therefore it is therefore necessary for the applicant to have a reasonably good working understanding of IT systems.

A key part of the update project is the implementation of a new ERP system, NetSuite. Previous experience with Netsuite is required.

The business is heavily reliant on advanced MS Excel spreadsheets for reporting and as operational tools, so the candidate needs to demonstrate a high degree of proficiency in the preparation and maintenance of advanced spreadsheets both as internal financial tools as well as presentation documents.

The business has foreign suppliers (mostly European) so previous experience with multi-currency accounting and exchange rate hedging is required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

The candidate will have worked in commercial organisations of at least medium size, preferably in the FMCG sector, for at least 8 years with at least 3 continuous years in any one organisation. They will have attained qualifications commensurate with the position held, will have managed a team of at least four direct reports and will be able to demonstrate past achievements in team leadership, management, financial responsibility and control, change management and problem solving.