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"First-step" Financial Controller
Wythenshawe
£40,000 - £50,000 - Hybrid working, development programmes
An exceptional opportunity for a Senior Management Accountant to take their "first-step" to Financial Controller level…Joining a supremely successful tech Group based near Manchester Airport, working in partnership with a skilled Finance Director as his trusted No.2 as the business embarks upon an exciting phase of growth and development.
The Group is forecasting a 30% increase in turnover over the next 3 years and with plans to break into international markets and take their software global, you'll will be instrumental and critical in this journey.
The plan:
To achieve their forecasted growth, they are expanding the finance team and upgrading all tech / software to be scalable over the next 3year period. You will work alongside the Finance Director in the selection, migration and integration of a new accounting package, moving the business from Sage 50 onto a cloud-base platform. There's a couple of options for the new package, and you will be involved in the final selection.
Your role:
Right now, you're joining a newly created position. Your role will be to manage the existing finance team and oversee the day-to-day running of the accounts functions. You'll mentor and develop the team, look at existing procedures and suggest improvements and close month-end with full variance analysis and commentary on the management accounts. You'll liaise with external auditors, support the FD in strategic projects and operate on both a operational and commercial level.
The future:
There's a succession plan in place to ensure your onwards development in the Group. The Finance Director will be moving up to CFO in the next 2-3years which leaves his role available for you to take-on, at which point the business will have hit their the projected growth and overseas expansion…Making you the Finance Director of a global tech operation.
Your profile:
The Finance Director is looking for a committed team leader, so experience with managing and mentoring staff is essential for the role, at least 1year of people-management exposure. Experience in producing full sets of MAs with full analysis and commentary is also essential.
You'll need to be someone who champions personal development. This is a business that invests in your development, whether that's leadership courses, PowerBi training, study support, whatever… "continuous learning, development and improvement is at the heart of everything we do…" so you'll need to have a similar mindset to succeed. If you're ambitious, driven and hungry to grow, you'll be unstoppable in this Group.
If this sounds like the perfect next step for you, please submit your CV to and I will coordinate interview.
