Financial Controller

Head of Finance
Alderley Edge
Up to £55,000 + benefits

Working for an established and growing SME, this is a fantastic broad opportunity for an ambitious accountant seeking a fresh career challenge. Reporting into the MD and working closely with the exec team.

Key Responsibilities include:-

• Preparation of weekly MI and management accounts in accordance with deadlines. Setting, managing, and monitoring compliance and streamlining processes (including making best use of systems and reducing manual processes)
• Development of monthly consolidated management accounts suite including profit and loss, balance sheet and cash flow
• Decision support, analysis and modelling as required
• Support and participate in the monthly SMT Finance Review meeting processes
• Manage the annual budget process
• Support financial integration of acquisitions and strategic projects
• Preparation of year end statutory accounts and simple corporation tax computations
• Manage monthly, quarterly VAT/PAYE/CIS and other similar tax return routines

The ideal candidate:-

To be considered for this exceptional opportunity you will be a 'hands on' Accountant with management experience, solid technical accounting skills and a highly commercial and flexible outlook that will allow you to succeed in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment

• You will have high levels of drive and ambition and a genuine desire to stretch yourself by stepping out of your comfort zone in order to deliver exceptional results
• You will be a well-rounded individual, capable of working with people at all levels within an organisation and will be able to build strong relationships with external parties
• Experience of training and developing junior members of the team
• Able to make a remarkable first-time impression and have immediate impact
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Excellent analytical and numerical abilities
• Exceptional organisational skills
• You will be a forward-thinking individual with strong planning capability
• Strong attention to detail and deadlines
• Ability to multitask and manage parallel workstreams
• Strong Excel skills - pivot tables/lookups etc.
• Ability to be hands on - role is a blend of doing/planning/managing/reviewing