Financial Controller

3 weeks ago

Fulwood, United Kingdom AFR Consulting Full time

This successful business has grown steadily and achieved £25m turnover last year with healthy profits. Operating in the FMCG sector they supply a portfolio of products and services to retailers both in UK and increasingly overseas. Led by an experiencedand ambitious management team they supply high volumes of products from their large distribution centre on the Fylde Coast and are recognised as being both an innovative and environmentally conscious employer in the area.

As part of their longer term succession plan they now have a unique opportunity for an ambitious Management Accountant to join the organisation with a career path to become Financial Controller (no.1 in finance) upon retirement of the FD. This role wouldsuit someone willing to learn all aspects of a business including warehousing, logistics, supply chain etc. to enable them to become a more rounded and commercially focussed Financial Controller in the future. Full training will be provided by an experiencedFinance Director who will expect you to be driven, quick to learn and able to challenge. You will have access to all the Directors both in the UK and at the parent company and must therefore be a credible and confident communicator eager to impress and makethe most of this major opportunity.
- Preparation of monthly accounts
- Responsibility for month end
- Reports & analysis on Power BI
- Assisting with bi-annual forecasts
- Assisting with annual budgets
- Year-end accounts and annual audit
- Monthly reporting on invoice factoring
- Oversight of credit control / purchase ledger
- Stock management

This will be an office based role as you will be expected to liaise closely with other departments and get to know the whole business. The FD is keen to start delegating duties as soon as possible so you can expect a rapid learning curve and as much responsibilityas your competency can handle There will be plenty of scope for project work such as looking at costings and profitability, in addition to supporting the on-going development of new reports and systems. A high level of IT ability, particularly Excel wouldtherefore be very useful.

If you are looking for a challenging new accountancy role with defined progression and scope for recognition then please provide your CV without delay.

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