Financial Controller

Financial Controller | Chesterfield | £40,000 - £50,000 (reduced hours considered) 

Brilliant role as Financial Controller / Company Accountant within a down to earth, professional and expanding private group in North East Derbyshire (circa £25m t/o).

The business has delivered excellent growth in 2020 and have an infrastructure which will see them continue to take market share and diversify revenue streams through the next 2-5 years.

The Directors are looking for someone who can add some control to the relative blank canvas of their current financial controls and reporting.  They rely heavily on external accounting support and have an opportunity for a proactive finance professional to overhaul their internal processes and procedures and support with all aspects of the day to day financial control and management of their group.

You’ll be responsible for managing the financial function – producing month end management accounts, budgets, forecasts and managing / forecasting cashflow.  You’ll support with year-end requirements and be a contact for the external accountants / auditors.

You must be organised, structured and with an element of flexibility to be able to meet key deadlines.

The remit:

• Day to day financial management and reporting for a growing, agile owner-led group of companies.
• Managing all aspects of month end close / monthly accounting calendar.
• Financial accounting, management reporting and forecasting activities.
• Ad hoc analysis of costs / sales / overheads / KPIs.
• Review of capital equipment spend / Capex
• Producing accurate P&Ls with variance analysis / summary of variances and trends.
• Balance sheet reconciliations.
• Year end requirements.
• Cash management and cashflow reporting.
• Review of processes – streamlining of month end - Use of Sage (L50) & MS Excel.

This is a call a spade a spade engineering group – you’ll work with supportive, highly approachable and charismatic directors who know their trade but will really value your input.  You’ll be given a high degree of autonomy to shape the processes and controls and develop all appropriate reporting.

It’s a ‘job for life’ for the right candidate with plenty going on.  You’ll be working for an agile and ambitious group in great shape with a down to earth leadership team.

You will need:

• Previous experience of managing the finance function for a diverse owner-led SME.
• Good IT skills, excellent knowledge of Excel and Sage ideally.
• A truly hands on approach – you’ll be managing a small team but this is a sleeves rolled up position.
• Experience of intercompany reconciliations / working in a small group ideally.
• Qualification (ACCA / CIMA or equivalent) or demonstrable appropriate experience i.e. QBE.
• Experience of an engineering / construction or contract / project led environment would be helpful.
• A good sense of humour and a measured approach to solving problems.
• Confidence to take a relatively blank canvas and embed controls and process – including influencing stakeholders to adopt the new routines and buy into the change.

This is a great role, you can work between the office and home if required and the culture is professional and aspirational but relaxed and welcoming.