Financial Controller

2 weeks ago


St Helens, St. Helens, United Kingdom Food Careers Ltd Full time £75,000 - £100,000 per year

Financial Controller

St Helens / Merseyside / Lancashire

Salary £75,000 per annum + Benefits

An Exciting opportunity for a Financial Controller to join a business within the Manufacturing sector that sells their products via a variety of channels. This modern forward-looking business is a genuine leader within their sector and offer a fun, dynamic and interesting workplace.

The Opportunity

The business is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to take on a wide range of duties including statutory and management reporting including year-end, whilst directing a small team the Finance department.

Duties of the role will include

  • Report to the Managing Director.
  • Hours Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
  • Produce Month end accounts and Quarterly forecasts, offer insight and analysis and prepare/submit quarterly HMRC VAT returns.
  • Oversee monthly payment runs and perform reconciliations to ensure accounts are kept up to date.
  • Preparation of forecasts & budgets and reporting monthly on variances.
  • Oversee Accounts Payable, Credit Control and Payroll, and ensure employees are following correct procedures in line with company policies.
  • Cashflow Management, Cash Optimisation.
  • Support the Commercial team, mitigating risk on inventory purchases, reviewing stock positions and analyzing sales/trading data to identify trends and opportunities.
  • Support the Directors on a variety of strategic plans and projects.
  • Support the Directors in fulfilling significant future CAPEX plans, including return on investment calcs, timing of purchases, financing options etc.
  • Assist the Project Manager with medium term objective to migrate to new cloud-based ERP system.
  • This is a hands-on role and the Financial Controller will support Departmental Heads with financial and sales analysis including gross margin and overhead analysis.
  • Monthly management accounting tasks will include stock reconciliation and reporting, managing prepayments and accruals, cash flow forecasting, and Debtor analysis.
  • Preparation of consolidated interim and year-end financial statements.
  • Manage team and operations, KPI's, process and controls.

The Person

  • Able to work at Number 1 within Finance, and develop to become Finance Director.
  • 4+ years relevant Finance experience and be suitably qualified (CIMA, ACCA, ACA).
  • The ability to analyse existing systems, processes and controls and to advise on and implement improvements.
  • Able to manage and motivate a small team whilst effectively managing a full workload within a fast-paced FMCG environment.

This role is commutable from: This role is commutable from: St Helens, Liverpool, Aintree, Kirkby, Warrington, Knowsley, Haydock, Manchester, Culcheth, Salford, Ormskirk, Skelmersdale, Prescot, Widnes, Runcorn, Cheshire, Merseyside, Lancashire, Up Holland, Leigh, Wigan. Ref: 3502


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