Financial Controller
- Recruiter
- Hays Senior Finance
- Location
- England, Essex
- Salary
- £70000 - £75000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 18 Apr 2019
- Closes
- 25 Apr 2019
- Ref
- 3554001
- Contact
- Claire Evans
- Job Title
- Finance Director
- Category
- Construction
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Financial Controller- Route to FD
Your new company
Family owned SME construction business
Your new role
As Financial Controller you will take immediate ownership of a finance department of 4 reporting in the owners of the business.
- Management of all day to day financial affairs from transactional level activity through to working with the Auditors to finalise the year-end accounts
- Execution of a fast, accurate month-end, quarter-end and year-end close process
- Balance sheet control; owning the numbers and taking the lead over any improvements needed
- Presentation of monthly management accounts and commentary
- Develops and implements action plans to correct variances to budgets and expected norms
- Continued attention to cost and margin control
- Contributing to the forecasting and annual budgeting process including cash flow forecasting and reporting
- On-going review of the effectiveness of financial controls and the enhancement of the financial reporting capability; thereby promoting a culture of continuous improvement.
- Overseeing all General Ledger activity - Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable including Credit Control.
- Reporting activities around WIP, Valuations, AR, Sales, productivity and other KPI's
- VAT, PAYE, CIS and other compliance returns.
- Relationship management with external stakeholders i. HMRC, Auditors, bank etc
Your CV must be able to demonstrate working at a commercial level with MD/Senior Management teams.
What you'll need to succeed
Be a hands on ACCA, ACA or CIMA qualified Accountant
Previous experience in an SME environment working with the owners of the business
Experience within the construction industry would be an advantage
Strong management and leadership skills
What you'll get in return
£70-75,000 + Benefits
What you need to do now
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