Financial Controller

1 month ago


Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom Sellick Partnership Full time

Financial Controller

Salary: 60, ,000

Location: Manchester (hybrid working available)

Duration: Permanent

Sellick Partnership has been assigned to recruit a Financial Controller for a profitable and fast moving entrepreneurial tech business in Manchester. The business has grown substantially year on year and will continue to do so in line with their strategic plan.

We are looking for a driven and enthusiastic fully qualified candidate ACA or ACCA or CIMA ideally making your first move as a Manager from a practice firm (Top10) or someone with exposure in a similar role.

With excellent benefits, hybrid working, a fantastic culture and a mentor who is keen to develop staff, this presents as an excellent opportunity.

Reporting to the Finance Director, the role requires an ambitious and proactive individual who will support the development of the finance function, partnering directly with a commercial counterpart to create a best-in-class finance function. You will have the ability to build robust and productive relationships, providing support and challenge across all functions and liaising with senior management.

The main purpose of the newly-created Financial Controller role is to lead the Finance function, having overall responsibility for maintaining high quality financial reporting and enabling the business to grow and be financially sustainable. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in helping the business deliver the next step in its 5 year plan.

This role will suit a confident person who is comfortable dealing with senior leadership team stakeholders, including managing difficult conversations and requests for information and reporting to support business case development.

The successful person will be driven and determined in completion of their day-to-day responsibilities, as well as looking to find ways that can improve the processes and how the company does things. The role will be fundamentally important to the core operation of the business and ultimately providing a big impact on the company's success and achievement of targets.

Principle Responsibilities:

  • Leading the Finance team of two Finance Admins
  • Be responsible for the finances of the business, monitoring financial performance and producing relevant reports, cash flow forecasting and month end management account packs
  • Produce and deliver relevant financial reports to support business case development
  • Integrated cash flow/P&L/BS
  • Key contact for external accountants in the preparation of annual statutory accounts and meeting audit requirements
  • Support the Finance Director in presenting reports to external parties and the Board
  • Maintain the intra group transfer pricing mechanism along with inter group recharging for shared services
  • Strengthening the month end income/cost recognition process
  • Work with the Tech function to strengthen/automate processes & data integrity
  • Work with business stakeholders to strengthen flash P&L projections and quarterly overhead forecasting
  • Review, create and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen financial control
  • General ad-hoc duties to assist and cover the Director of Finance and Commercial and the wider business

The successful candidate will be a ACA / ACCA / CIMA qualified professional having gained experience in a similar role. You will have a positive, enthusiastic and hands-on approach backed with drive and ambition. You will need to be confident working with a diverse range of people and cultures and have excellent communication skills.

If you consider yourself to be a committed, career driven professional who can demonstrate the above experience and who would welcome the stimulus of this finance post then we would be pleased to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership

We are only able to consider applications from those who are eligible to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship.

Sellick Partnership is proud to be an inclusive and accessible recruitment business and we support applications from candidates of all backgrounds and circumstances. Please note, our advertisements use years' experience, hourly rates, and salary levels purely as a guide and we assess applications based on the experience and skills evidenced on the CV. For information on how your personal details may be used by Sellick Partnership, please review our data processing notice on our website.



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