Financial Controller

Financial Controller
Liverpool
Up to 60,000

Benefits -
* Excellent Training and Progression Opportunities
* Pension
* 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holiday

This is an opportunity to work with a growing business who have multiple investments and exciting upcoming projects. The company offers excellent working conditions, a family-oriented environment, and a strong focus on training and development.

Role Description
* Drive Financial Performance: Support the Managing Director in achieving financial targets for turnover, EBITDA, working capital, and cash flow.
* Reporting and Analysis: Develop and manage pricing, revenue, and gross margin reporting using Sage Line 50 and Excel to provide insightful financial analysis.
* Compliance: Ensure the business adheres to UK GAAP and other relevant financial regulations.
* Month-End Process: Oversee the month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting to the Managing Director.
* Budgeting & Forecasting: Lead the preparation of annual budgets, forecasts, and reporting packs to monitor financial performance.
* Team Management: Manage and delegate tasks to the Accounts Administrator, ensuring smooth financial operations.
* External Audit Liaison: Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, ensuring audit processes are conducted efficiently.
* Financial Controls: Ensure accurate journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations are maintained.
* Manufacturing Efficiencies: Develop systems to drive business efficiencies and improve material usage, labor, and overhead reporting.
* Capital Expenditure: Manage the capital expenditure budgeting and forecasting process, tracking performance against targets.
* Cost Management: Maintain standard costs and investigate production variances to support cost control and operational improvements.
* Customer Profitability Analysis: Analyze purchase price variances (PPV) and assess customer/product profitability to enhance margin performance.
* Internal & External Reporting: Oversee the production of all internal and external financial reports, ensuring timely and accurate delivery.
* Management Reporting: Develop enhanced management reports, including departmental cost analysis and customer/product profitability insights.

Skills and Qualifications
1. Qualified accountant
2. Previously managed a financial reporting/accounting department
3. Both Financial & Management Accounting Skills
4. Excellent Microsoft office skills (Excel, Powerpoint, Word)
5. Manufacturing experience highly desirable, Experience of Standard costing highly desirable

If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'.

Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.