Group Financial Controller

GROUP FINANCIAL CONTROLLER - HARWORTH GROUP PLC

Harworth Group plc is one of the leading land and property regeneration companies in the UK, owning and managing over 18,000 acres on around 100 sites in the North of England and the Midlands.

Premium listed on the London Stock Exchange, the business has a net asset value over £450m and produces market-leading shareholder returns. Success has been lead by a high-profile board (including a CFO appointed in October 2019 and a new CEO joining in Autumn 2020) with the business plan built on the foundations of the “Harworth Way” – strengthening the communities they work in, environmental sustainability, people-centric culture, developing strong partnerships and applying the highest standards of governance.

The Group Financial Controller will report into the CFO and will take a lead on all aspects of financial reporting, corporate financing, tax and treasury.

A summary of the key duties and responsibilities;

• Lead and develop the financial reporting and accounting teams and assist the Chief Financial Officer to provide financial leadership
• Ensuring that the Finance Team is ready for business growth
• Leading on statutory account preparation (Group & Subsidiaries) and presentation of these accounts in group reporting to stakeholders (including shareholders)
• Supervising the production of timely regular monthly financial information for Plc Board reporting, including KPI setting and reporting
• Lead on the day-to-day audit relationship and manage the annual group audit of corporate entities and financing arrangements
• Lead on tax analysis, reporting and compliance, working with our external tax advisers
• Treasury and working capital management
• Support the Head of Joint Venture accounting in account preparation for JVs
• Leads on documenting and maintaining financial controls, systems and processes to ensure the Harworth Group retains a strong financial control environment in line with a premier segment main market LSE listing
• Overall responsibility for the internal audit process, the management and reporting of which is led by the FRC

This opportunity needs candidates with the very highest level of technical accounting knowledge (probably qualifying from an ACA training contract with a Big 4 or Top 10 firm). Other skills required;

• Group consolidation and reporting
• IFRS and UK GAAP literate
• Management skills
• Stakeholder management
• An interest in the regeneration and property sector

Pratap Partnership are retained to lead this recruitment campaign on an exclusive basis.