Financial Controller

Our Client is a fast growing PE technology business entering its next stage of development. Specialist in the marketplace for over 12 years they are entering this next exciting phase of growth and the business is looking to develop additional services and markets.

Working closely with the CFO you will have the opportunity to proactively develop new ways of working and create a great team environment whilst maintaining robust controls and analysis to support key business decisions. As a proactive member of the team you will work in a vert transparent manner increasing professionalism as the business grows.

Key responsibilities

• Manage accounting operations including A/R, AP. Payroll, fixed assets and team that are required.
• Prepare for review and timely publication the monthly financial statements including group related companies and consolidation
• Produce relevant monthly KPI reports as required
• Work with the relevant parties to ensure comprehensive and thorough variance analysis reports are completed on a monthly basis
• Coordinate the statutory accounts process including day to day management of year end audit and production of the draft statutory accounts including consolidations in preparation for review and audit sign off
• Oversight of the control sheet process preparation and input to future developments and process improvement to reduce production timescales and resources
• Monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• PO reviews and tracking for management of capex expenditure
• Ensure VAT, PAYE and other statutory returns are filed accurately and on time
• Ensure all accounting files and required audit trails are maintained to support all entries made
• Ensure compliance with the company authorisation matrix including customer price changes and updates
• Ensure that all processes are effectively documented and are maintained so that they continue to meet the needs of the business as it evolves

Ideally you will have had exposure and understanding of working with Private Equity backed businesses with monitoring compliance to banking.

• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent communicator – written and verbal
• Confident but diplomatic with the ability to communicate at all levels
• Tenacious

Experience of Sage would be advantageous

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