Financial Controller

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER / HYBRID ROLE / MANCHESTER CITY CENTRE / UP TO £65K & GREAT BENEFITS

WEX is an innovative payments and technology company looking to forge the way in a rapidly changing environment, with a goal to simplify the business of doing business for our customers, freeing them to spend more time, with less worry, on the things they love.

We are on a journey to build a consistent world class user experience across our products and services and leverage customer driven innovation across all of our strategic initiatives.

Due to internal promotion we are now looking for a new Financial Controller to join our highly experienced team based in Manchester.

The successful Financial Controller will work with a large finance team but will be working in a smaller sub team where they are responsible for three direct reports.

Whats on offer?

• Highly competitive salary between £55,000-£65,000 (dependent on experience)
• Annual company bonus
• 37.5 hour week - Monday to Friday- no evenings & weekends
• Hybrid working (1-2 days per week in the Manchester office)
• Industry leading pension scheme
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays - with the opportunity to purchase additional holidays
• Life assurance
• Income protection
• Discounts & perks platform
• Employee wellbeing
• Employee & Corporate events calendar throughout the year

Key Responsibilities of the Financial Controller:

• Manage the preparation of monthly management accounts for the France, Belgium, Germany, UK and Telematics businesses under tight reporting deadlines to the US parent
• Preparation of supplementary returns to US head office finance team
• Investigate and explain variances to budget and forecast.
• Work with the FP&A team to prepare detailed budgets and forecasts
• Develop strong relationships financial systems, FP&A, commercial and credit teams to enable effective business partnering process
• Preparation of the annual financial statements for statutory entities including liaison with external auditors with support from ECC
• Manage audit process for 4 x legal entities
• Manage a junior finance team (1 x qual, 2 x part quals)
• Liaison with financial systems team to ensure smooth delivery into finance of system changes and upgrades
• Maintain a culture of ongoing people development and process improvement
• Maintenance of a strong accounting control environment via monthly balance sheet reconciliation process
• Review of month end reconciliations and timely resolution of differences
• Manage AR ledgers for relevant businesses
• Business Partnering (Telematics) assist the preparation of monthly financial and non financial performance information for discussion with product manager
• Finance point of contact for staff in local offices
• Potential ad hoc European travel to assist with compliance obligations e.g. meetings with compliance advisors
• Assistant with finance projects as and when required

Skills & Experience:

• Qualified accountant with proven working experience
• Ability to interface with all levels of management and staff
• Comfortable working in a large finance team of approx. 40 staff and liaising with peer group of Financial Controllers (3 in total including this role)
• Excellent technical accounting knowledge
• High level of IT literacy including use of databases (MS Access)
• Ability to effectively delegate tasks whilst retaining responsibility
• Strong organisational skills
• Accomplished communication skills, verbal and written
• Flexible approach and willingness to roll up sleeves
• Astute attention to detail, ensuring that as far as possible items presented are right 1st time

Whats Next?

If you feel that you have the necessary skills to be our next Financial Controller then please APPLY TODAY for immediate consideration.