- Managing day-to-day financial operations, providing reporting, management accounts, balance sheets and profit and loss statements
- Managing cashflow to ensure sufficient liquidity for operational needs, overseeing budgets, financial models and forecasts for strategic planning
- Making sure the company is compliant with audits and tax and any other relevant financial regulations
- Preparing statutory accounts, overseeing VAT returns and payroll taxes
- Monitoring costs generated by operational activities and identifying possibilities to save on costs and improve efficiencies and improving controls to manage expenditure
- Taking a leadership role within the finance team, seeking ways to lead by example, promote growth within the team and support opportunities for progression
- Supporting project planning by providing the operations team with financial insights
- Providing support on contract negotiations and procurement activities, by undertaking risk assessments and financial analysis
- Maintaining internal controls to safeguard company assets, as well as analysing financial risks and overseeing the development and implementation or mitigation strategies to combat these
- Supporting the audit process by liaising with external auditors
- Collaborating with senior management on strategic activities by providing financial insights and recommendations for decision making and evaluating capital investment proposals and funding
- Be ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified or have an equivalent bachelor's degree
- Experience in a Financial Controller position or a similar financial leadership role whereupon budgeting, forecasting and financial analysis has been undertaken
- Exposure to the engineering, environmental services or fuel sectors
- Good proficiency with accounting software and Excel, alongside ERP systems and Microsoft Dynamics for financial modelling
- Exposure to leading teams
- Excellent communication skills