Financial Controller
- Recruiter
- Howarth Morris
- Location
- Stevenage
- Salary
- £45000 - £65000 per annum
- Posted
- 15 Mar 2019
- Closes
- 22 Mar 2019
- Ref
- 725490
- Contact
- Ciaran McKeown
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Are you keen to secure a role in which you can take full ownership of a finance department, influence key strategic decisions, implement change and develop your own processes, controls and systems rather than inheriting somebody elses?
Are you a true leader, looking for an opportunity that will draw heavily on both your Financial Controlling expertise as well as your natural flair for communicating across all levels and functions?
If so, we'd love to hear from you! Our client is a £12m Turnover Engineering Services business based in Stevenage who are looking for a strong, dynamic and experienced Financial Controller. The business employs 85 engineers providing both reactive and planned maintenance services.
The successful candidate will be a forward thinking Financial Controller, and a true leader, to work closely with the Managing Director, as well as the Group Finance Director who is based off site.
You will have the opportunity to grow and develop your team around you, and to put your stamp on the business.
Key Duties:
Person specification
Are you a true leader, looking for an opportunity that will draw heavily on both your Financial Controlling expertise as well as your natural flair for communicating across all levels and functions?
If so, we'd love to hear from you! Our client is a £12m Turnover Engineering Services business based in Stevenage who are looking for a strong, dynamic and experienced Financial Controller. The business employs 85 engineers providing both reactive and planned maintenance services.
The successful candidate will be a forward thinking Financial Controller, and a true leader, to work closely with the Managing Director, as well as the Group Finance Director who is based off site.
You will have the opportunity to grow and develop your team around you, and to put your stamp on the business.
Key Duties:
- Provide financial leadership to the business,
- Develop & grow the finance team,
- Develop internal systems and controls, and review processes to enhance existing accounts.
- Provide leadership in the development of robust financial and business systems,
- Provide analysis and monitoring of key performance measures,
- Perform all Group requirements in terms of monthly, quarterly and annual management accounts,
- Lead the budget and reforecast process,
- Perform all financial accounting functions to include VAT (except payroll which is performed by Group)
- Be the on site contact for banking, external audit and ad-hoc Group requirements.
Person specification
- Fully CIMA/ACCA/ACA Qualified with experience within the service/engineering industry
- An assertive leader with strong communication skills.
- Experience of ERP implementations would be preferable.
- Numerate & analytical - experience of working with costing, turnover & margins
- Ability to develop effective relationships both internally and externally
- Ability to analyse complex information to propose and implement recommendations whilst making sound decisions