Head of Financial Accounting

Reporting to the Group Financial Controller, the role holder will manage and be ultimately responsible for all aspects of financial accounting across the Group. This constitutes an excellent opportunity to become an integral part of a multi operational business that is competing within a number of diverse sectors.

Key accountabilities will include transformation and improvement of the general ledger function across the Group, building both exceptional and sustainable relationships with key stakeholders that are geared towards future business growth, the continued training and development of the team, prioritising the workload through the various peaks and troughs, the implementation of repeatable processes, working closely with both finance and operational teams in subsidiaries in the UK and abroad, critically reviewing business processes and controls.

The successful candidate will be a qualified finance professional with significant general ledger accounting experience from within sizeable, UK listed company. Applicants must have previous experience of managing teams within this area along with being commercially astute and the ability to operate strategically whilst being 'hands on'. Considerable technical aptitude and the ability to influence senior stakeholders are imperative requirements along with the ability and desire to progress to the Group Financial Controller level. Advantageous but not essential would be experience of working within the Manufacturing sector along with the ability to converse in either of both French or Spanish.