Financial Controller

2 weeks ago

Cheadle Hulme, United Kingdom Pure 4 Recruitment Limited Full time

**Key responsibilities of the Financial Controller**

**Financial reporting**

The role will have responsibility for all aspects of financial reporting:

- Accurate and timely management accounts. This document is the main focus of the Board and as such needs to constantly evolve to show trends and potential issues. Full commentary is required and as such proficiency in report writing is a necessary skill.Timeliness is also fundamentally important.
- Monthly Board Pack ownership.
- Weekly investor and lender reporting.
- Financial accounts and liaising with external auditors.
- Royalty reporting.
- Lender covenant reporting.

**Budgeting and forecasting**

Bi-annual budgeting and rolling 13-weekly cashflow forecasting are key outputs from this role. To this end, a track record of using forecasting software or forecasting using advanced excel skills is necessary.

**Payroll**

Key contact for all things payroll related. This includes processing and payment of monthly payroll which is calculated by a 3rd Party.

**Tax**

All aspects of HMRC reporting re encompassed by this role including monthly UK and Irish VAT returns, Intrastat and EC Sales submissions, PAYE, and corporation tax quarterly payments on account.

**Controls**

Managing the control environment sits squarely within this role. Not only does this mean ensuring reconciliations are completed, it requires forward-looking to ensure that preventative controls are in place to avoid problems occurring in the first place.

**Team management**

**Knowledge and Skills required of the Financial Controller**

**Making Complex Decisions**:Can solve even the toughest and most complex of problems; great at gleaning meaning from whatever data is available; is a quick study of the new and different; adds personal wisdom and experience to come to thebest conclusion and solution, given the situation; uses multiple problem-solving tools and techniques.

**Keeping on Point**:Can quickly separate the mission-critical from the nice to dos and the trivials; quickly senses what’s the next most useful thing to work on; focuses on the critical few tasks that really add value and puts aside or delaysthe rest.

**Dealing With Trouble**:Fearlessly takes on all issues, challenges, and people; comfortably confronts and works through conflict; delivers negative feedback and messages without hesitation; deals promptly and fairly with problem performers;lets everyone know where they stand; thrives in crises and is energised by tough challenges; not afraid to make negative decisions and take tough action; challenges the status quo.

**Evaluating and Deploying People Accurately**:Reads people accurately; can diagnose strengths, weaknesses, and potential; knows what skills are required to fill a job or role.

**Managing Diverse Relationships**:Relates well to a wide variety of diverse styles, types, and classes; open to differences; effective up, down, sideways, inside and outside; builds diverse networks; quick to find common ground; treats differencesfairly and equitably; treats everyone as a preferred customer.

**Acting with Honour and Character**:Is a person of high character; is consistent and acts in line with a clear and visible set of values and beliefs; deals and talks straight; walks his/her talk; is direct and truthful but at the same timecan keep confidences.

**Demonstrating Personal Flexibility**:Open to lifelong, continuous personal improvement; aware of self and impact on others; responsive to feedback; is very flexible; can act in ways that seem contradictory and is adaptable to demand characteristicsof different situations.
- An adaptable style.
- Hands on, and able to "do the work" as well as manage others.
- Knowledge of all regulatory and financial reporting requirements
- Knowledge and experience in business operations and understanding of the financial drivers of business performance.
- Strong cognitive and analytical ability
- Commercial awareness
- Understand cost benefit rationale
- Demonstrate a highly methodical and structured manner of working
- Task focussed
- Demonstrate a clear and concise focus for communication

**Education

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