Financial Controller
- Recruiter
- Mature Accountants Limited
- Location
- W4 4GF, London (Greater)
- Salary
- Up to £70,000
- Posted
- 18 Sep 2019
- Closes
- 25 Sep 2019
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Category
- Travel / Tourism
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Our client, a leading travel operator, are recruiting for a bright and personable FC to join their Finance team of six.
They are looking for someone who can take responsibility for the daily and monthly processes to ensure a high level of financial control. The ideal candidate will be organised, with strong time management skills and able to communicate with all non-Finance teams.
Candidates must be strong users of Excel.
Role
- Supervise a daily team of four. Ensure the daily tasks are completed in a timely and accurate manner and have responsibility for the allocation of their workload
- Review the monthly management accounts. Prepare a summary dashboard for Senior Management with commentary on any variances to budget
- Daily authorisation of payments on our online banking system for all cost of sales and overhead invoices
- Review cashflow for all group companies in all currencies and prepare suggestions for cash management and foreign exchange purchases
- Responsibility for the management accounts for our separate branch company
- Liaise and support the Management Accountant at our subsidiary company
- Review and submit the quarterly VAT returns for Travel and Transport entities
- Calculate the year end TOMS VAT liability with our external consultant
- Manage the full audit process from planning to completion meeting and sign off
- Manage the finalisation of our financial statements and corporation tax returns
- Assist the CFO in the production of the annual budget
- Assist the CFO with the monthly Profit and Loss and Balance Sheet reforecasts
- Assist the CFO with analysis for the Five Year Plan and prepare quarterly reports for the external Board meetings
- Responsibility for our compliance with ATOL and ABTA including the monthly, quarterly and annual reporting
- Review the company's ten insurance policies and support with the renewals
- Main point of contact for our banks, merchant service providers and some suppliers