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30-40m Ecommerce / Retail
Impressive success story
Financial Controller
Essex / East London
As Financial Controller (No 2 to FD), you will play a key role in supporting the FD delivering timely financial information for decision making, ensuring compliance with accounting standards and assisting in the efficient management of the finance team. Main responsibilities include:
- Oversee a small team of accounts assistants and recruit as the company expands
- Produce accurate and informative monthly management accounts with commentary
- Prepare and analyse key performance indicators (KPIs) on a monthly basis
- Cash flow management, budgeting and forecasting and reviewing working capital
- Regular reviews of aged debtors and aged creditors and acting thereon
- Monitor and maintain GBP and USD bank accounts and reconciliations
- Statutory reporting, audit preparation, involvement in VAT and corporation tax
- Draft weekly payment runs for sign-off by the FD and set up online payments
- Involvement in the invoice factoring process and monitoring of Ecommerce sales
- Constant review and enhancement of systems and controls to enhance financial reporting
- Assist with the implementation of MS Business Central / Dynamics during 2025
- Oversee outsourced payroll provider to ensure staff are paid on time at month end
- Assist the FD with ad hoc tasks and projects
The role will be 4 days in the office in Essex / East London (hybrid Fridays working from home).
Long term excellent exciting opportunity in a dynamic business. You should be a qualified Accountant (ACA, ACCA, ACMA, CIMA) or qualified by relevant experience in ecommerce, retail or similar.
