Our client is a well known manufacturing company which manufactures a range of household appliances. They are looking to hire a Financial Controller to join their head office in Crawley.
This is an office based role, 5 days a week.
Duties
- Production of financial information including profit and loss accounts, sales & margin reports, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis etc
- Assistance in the production of the annual budget and periodic forecasting
- Ongoing review of cash flow and production of forecasts
- Analysing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
- Production of annual statutory accounts & liaison with Auditors.
- Responsible for all activities related to Regulatory/HMRC compliance issues (VAT, Payroll, Intrastat, WEEE etc)
- Balance sheet account reconciliations and review of intangible assets
- Treasury functions, bank reconciliations, credit control etc.
- Production of Consolidated Accounts and complete the necessary Covenant calculations as required by the Bank
- Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
- Manage Finance Department of 4 staff covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll/HR including day-to-day communication and motivation as well as succession planning and performance management
- Other tasks as required by the Directors
Requirements
- Qualified Accountant with suitable experience
- Working knowledge of Sage X3 (essential)
- Proven technical ability
- Understanding of modern management information systems
- Ability to manage, delegate, motivate, monitor and control team activity
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management
- Intellectual with a strong commercial acumen