Financial Controller

6 days ago

Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom Fuel Card Services Full time

About the Company

Fuel Card Services is a leading provider of energy and mobility services to the UK's SME sector. With a strong legacy in fuel cards, we're focused on driving performance and growth through digital innovation, customer-centricity, and sustainable solutions.

We're a dynamic and ambitious team of over 250 colleagues, working together to become the leading provider of energy and mobility services to the UK's SME sector. Our five core values are Caring, Respect, Collaboration, Diversity and Inclusion, and Innovation.

About the Role:

The Financial Controller will play a critical role in leading the day-to-day accounting function and developing group reporting. This role will work closely with the Credit Director to create operational and commercial efficiencies in the credit control department.

The Financial Controller will report directly to the Finance Director and work alongside the leadership team as required. The role will primarily be based at our head office in Leeds, with the added flexibility of hybrid working if desired.

This is an exciting and demanding role for an experienced finance executive with drive, determination, and the ambition to progress their career and work in a dynamic, highly commercial, and growth-focused environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Ensure the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of monthly and yearly reporting to Group.
  • Ensure the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of 3-Year Plan and Budget to Group.
  • Management of the monthly balance sheet review processes; constant evolution of the control processes in place.
  • Identification of balance sheet risks and subsequent mitigation.
  • Compliance and management of all external audit, internal audit, HMRC, and corporate governance requirements.
  • Management and control of banking.
  • Support the Commercial Accountant in the budgeting and forecasting process.
  • Review and forecast working capital on a regular basis, and understand key drivers and variances.

Performance Management & Financial Analysis:

  • Evolution of management accounts, variance analysis, KPIs, and stakeholder reports.
  • Review current GL, cost centre, and profit centre structure and adapt as required to increase granularity of management accounts.
  • Build budget submission templates and control submission process from key stakeholders and challenge as required.
  • Responsible for reported overheads, presenting variance analysis from budget and prior year.
  • Responsible for reported working capital, presenting variance analysis from budget and prior year.
  • Ongoing review of current processes to drive further efficiencies.
  • Management of purchase ledger/accounts and payment/invoice process.
  • Provide support and guidance to the credit control departments, ensuring the company credit policy is adhered to. Improving the credit policy and processes periodically with the Credit Director to ensure the right balance between risk and commercial decision making.
  • Provide commercial support and analysis to other stakeholders in the business, including but not limited to Marketing, Sales, Pricing, and IT.
  • Responsible for consolidation reporting.
  • Responsible for submitting and managing capital expenditure requests.

Managerial:

  • Day-to-day management of 4 direct reports.
  • Ensure robust performance management is embedded across Finance.
  • Ensure a culture of compliance is embedded within the Finance function while also helping to create an enjoyable working environment for the teams.

Requirements:

  • Visible and credible leadership skills.
  • Previous experience in a Senior Finance role.
  • Qualified Accountant.
  • Strong attention to detail and focussed on driving KPI performance.
  • Knowledge of SAP is preferable.
  • Hard working with strong personal integrity.
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills.

Benefits:

  • Highly competitive salary.
  • Hybrid working - 3 days on site and 2 from home.
  • An additional day annual leave for your birthday.
  • Free breakfast.
  • Early Friday finish - 2:45pm.
  • Fun, supportive working environment.
  • Dress down office.
  • 4 x salary life assurance.

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