Assistant Financial Controller

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Role: Assistant Financial Controller

Salary: £34,000-£38,000 per annum

Location: Worksop

Hours: 8:30am – 5:00pm or 9:00am – 5:30pm Monday to Friday

The role:

The Assistant Financial Controller plays a key part in the production of regular accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and other control procedures of the Group.

Working closely with the Financial Controller, this role is responsible for ensuring that all financial reporting requirements are completed in a timely manner with reliable information.

There is the potential for study support after probation has been successfully completed. 

Duties include:

• Assisting with monthly and year end reporting to stakeholders.
• Preparation of month end journals (prepayments and accruals) and other month end procedures.
• Working closely with external accountants on tax compliance and audit requirements
• Completion of balance sheet reconciliations, highlighting any efficiency opportunities available.
• Communicate effectively with the operational teams, highlighting any risks and driving efficiencies.
• Maintenance of the subsidiary companies in NI and Ireland, ensuring compliance with reporting requirements
• Preparation of Board Packs and associated content
• Ensure suppliers are paid in a timely controlled manner, with coordination with Group and awareness of cash flow reporting.
• Support with workflow through the Finance team.
• Escalate queries when appropriate.

The successful candidate:

• Essential Key Skills, Qualifications and Experience
• 3 years+ of working within a finance department.
• Part qualified accountant, working towards a professional qualification (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)
• Proficiency in using Sage 200
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft products, particularly Excel.
• Understands best practise for financial controls.
• Demonstrates experience and understanding of financial reporting.
• Specialist knowledge – Understand financial reporting and control and maintains technical knowledge
• Planning, action orientation and results driven – Organises and priorities work, takes the initiative and focuses on delivery.
• Quality orientation – Shows awareness of goals and standards. Follows through to ensure that quality and productivity standards are met.
• Flexibility and resilience – Successfully adapts to changing demands and conditions. Maintains effective work behaviour in the face of setbacks or pressure.
• Personal motivation – Commits self to work hard towards goals. Shows enthusiasm and career commitment.

Glu Recruit LTD are an equal opportunities employer and are acting as a recruitment agent in the hiring of this role.

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