Financial Controller
- Recruiter
- Dyke Yaxley
- Location
- Prees, UK
- Salary
- Competitive salary
- Posted
- 14 Nov 2020
- Closes
- 25 Nov 2020
- Ref
- 1821990567
- Job role
- Financial controller
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Part qualified
Our client, Grocott Developments is an established and successful family-run business which owns several trading companies, across a diverse range of sectors. The majority of the administration and accounting function for these businesses is managed from its head office in Prees, Shropshire.
A new opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced Financial Controller to produce monthly management accounts in a timely manner.
The role requires:
* Minimum of five years' experience of preparing management accounts for SMEs, beyond trial balance or having worked in roles of a similar level
* Sage Professional experience would be preferred (although training will be given)
* Strong Excel skills. Ability to present data in a professional manner; some knowledge of pivot tables, lookup functions, and other similar formulae and tools
* Very strong personal organisational and communication skills, very high integrity, and honesty
* Be energetic and enjoy working on a variety of different businesses with changing needs
* Ability to work independently in a small team; a self-motivated and proactive approach to work
* Preferably AAT qualified or CIMA part qualified, or equivalent
* Some knowledge of payroll preparation, VAT returns, and credit control would be advantageous
* Live within 25 miles of Whitchurch and have own transport
Key duties include but are not limited to:
* Prepare monthly management accounts for five trading companies and several other smaller entities to a P&L and Balance sheet status, for review by the Company Directors by the agreed date
* Be competent in calculating and posting pre-payments, accruals, depreciation and deferred income
* Be able to subject the accounts to sufficient review, challenging and investigating the figures to provide clear and coherent draft accounts, with all queries cleared
* Have a flexible approach to be able to adapt to changing business needs
* Regular cover for other accounting staff due to the small team size - purchase ledger, sales ledger, raising invoices - as required
* Provide holiday cover for Accounts Manager at one of the key trading companies
* Ad-hoc and regular financial performance analysis
* Bank reconciliations
* Maintain fixed asset registers
* Posting sundry journals to improve management reporting
* Reconciling and posting adjustments to intercompany and directors' loan accounts
* Prepare detailed balance sheet reconciliations
* Provide cash flow forecasts as required
* Measure and present key KPI data
* Work closely with all members of the team, including the Company Directors
* Ability to identify and act on efficiency improvements in processes and reporting
* Make recommendations to reduce costs and improve profitability
Should you wish to apply for this role, please submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter including your current remuneration package for benchmarking purposes
A new opportunity has arisen for a full-time experienced Financial Controller to produce monthly management accounts in a timely manner.
The role requires:
* Minimum of five years' experience of preparing management accounts for SMEs, beyond trial balance or having worked in roles of a similar level
* Sage Professional experience would be preferred (although training will be given)
* Strong Excel skills. Ability to present data in a professional manner; some knowledge of pivot tables, lookup functions, and other similar formulae and tools
* Very strong personal organisational and communication skills, very high integrity, and honesty
* Be energetic and enjoy working on a variety of different businesses with changing needs
* Ability to work independently in a small team; a self-motivated and proactive approach to work
* Preferably AAT qualified or CIMA part qualified, or equivalent
* Some knowledge of payroll preparation, VAT returns, and credit control would be advantageous
* Live within 25 miles of Whitchurch and have own transport
Key duties include but are not limited to:
* Prepare monthly management accounts for five trading companies and several other smaller entities to a P&L and Balance sheet status, for review by the Company Directors by the agreed date
* Be competent in calculating and posting pre-payments, accruals, depreciation and deferred income
* Be able to subject the accounts to sufficient review, challenging and investigating the figures to provide clear and coherent draft accounts, with all queries cleared
* Have a flexible approach to be able to adapt to changing business needs
* Regular cover for other accounting staff due to the small team size - purchase ledger, sales ledger, raising invoices - as required
* Provide holiday cover for Accounts Manager at one of the key trading companies
* Ad-hoc and regular financial performance analysis
* Bank reconciliations
* Maintain fixed asset registers
* Posting sundry journals to improve management reporting
* Reconciling and posting adjustments to intercompany and directors' loan accounts
* Prepare detailed balance sheet reconciliations
* Provide cash flow forecasts as required
* Measure and present key KPI data
* Work closely with all members of the team, including the Company Directors
* Ability to identify and act on efficiency improvements in processes and reporting
* Make recommendations to reduce costs and improve profitability
Should you wish to apply for this role, please submit a copy of your CV and a covering letter including your current remuneration package for benchmarking purposes