Financial Controller

Be Personnel are keen to hear from candidates interested in our new vacancy, a Financial Controller working for our client, an employee owned seafood manufacturer. This role reports into the Finance Manager whilst supervising a team of 3, and entails a variety of responsibilities including:

The Responsibilities:

• Manage, support and develop the finance team
• Develop and maintain the finance standard operating procedures and internal controls
• Work with the Leadership Team and department heads to create, maintain and report on key financial (and non-financial) indicators
• Oversee the update and maintenance of standard costs
• Manage accounting software and integration with other systems
• Oversee processing of routine transactional data, including
  • Sales and purchase invoices
  • Bank transactions
  • Petty cash
  • Accruals, prepayment and other standard journals
  • Control bank accounts and manage payments and receipts

• Maintain operational cashflow forecast
• Review and present weekly finance reports
• Prepare and maintain a full set of balance sheet and P&L monthly reconciliations
• Prepare and report monthly management accounts
• Prepare external reports for bank and other stakeholders
• Prepare trend and variance analysis and provide detail to budget holder
• Prepare year end accounts and audit schedules
• Work with the Leadership Team to help build the annual Business Plan and any supplementary forecasts
• Prepare and submit all statutory returns, including:
  • HMRC Vat returns
  • HMRC PAYE and National Insurance
  • Office of National Statistics

• Manage relationship with bank, auditors and other key stakeholders
• Build and maintain strong links with the Leadership Team and departmental heads
• Deputise for the Head of Finance and represent finance at cross functional meetings when required
• Work collaboratively with other group companies, as required
• Other typical finance responsibilities linked to good corporate governance

The ideal candidate:

Professional accountancy qualification (CA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).

Minimum 2 years of industry experience.

Proven experience in a finance management role, with strong leadership and team development skills.

Experience in the food or manufacturing/FMCG sector.

Knowledge of financial systems and process improvements.

Apply today and our industry specialised recruitment consultants will be in touch!