Group Financial Controller

Our client is an innovative manufacturing business with exciting expansion plans. Reporting to the CFO key responsibilities will include –

• Staff management including recruitment, support and guidance and appraisal.
• Working with CFO and Departmental Heads to prepare annual budgets and Quarterly reforecasts
• Preparing and reviewing monthly consolidated management accounts, identifying and investigating variances and preparing dashboards and supporting narrative.
• Preparing monthly financial upload file for Shareholders and the Bank.
• Undertaking regular reforecasting, liaising with CFO and Departmental Heads.
• Cash flow forecasting, monitoring and reporting - effectively managing the working capital components of the company
• Liaising with key customers where credit controller has escalated issues.
• Overseeing day-to-day banking including payment approvals.
• Financial covenant calculations and monitoring to ensure ongoing compliance.
• Overseeing VAT and related taxes and returns
• Liaising with HMRC and being main contact for VAT queries, inspections and related correspondence.
• Overseeing corporation tax. 
• Acting as key contact for auditors. 
• Ensuring the provision of timely and valuable management and operational information across the business in order to assist budget holders in the effective management of their costs and revenue targets.
• Undertaking ad hoc projects, as defined by CFO.

You will be a Qualified Accountant (preferably ACA qualified) with a track record of managing successful teams. You must be a self-starter with strong leadership skills and the ability to build strong relationships at a senior level. Preferably you will have worked in manufacturing environment and for a growing SME.