Financial Controller

Dufrain is a professional services data consultancy, we deliver data solutions to a range of large enterprise clients in data-rich industries.

Founded in 2010, we continue to build and strengthen our capability. The business has recently been through a period of extensive change, following a Private Equity investment. This represents an ideal time for a qualified accountant who is ready take onthe role of Financial Controller to join the team, working alongside and supporting the CFO to drive and deliver further change as the business expects to see rapid growth during its next phase of development. In simple terms, this will involve:

- Taking charge of financial reporting to ensure timeliness and accuracy of key information that will be used to evaluate performance, manage cash flow and form the basis for strategic decision making.
- Potential system implementation/enhancement to enable the business to operate across a common platform for financial reporting.
- Develop strong financial processes to support business performance in a high growth environment.

The group has ambitious plans, leveraging its market position and seeking to optimise financial performance - it sees an opportunity to be significantly larger over the next three years, both through organic growth and possible acquisitions. The businessrequires a Financial Controller to work alongside and support the CFO. The role will include taking responsibility for financial processes with a key objective to produce robust financial information for the Executive team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Your primary areas of responsibility will include;
(i) the efficient running of a Group accounting centre and the internal control environment.
(ii) the production of management and statutory accounts.
(iii) supporting the CFO and Commercial/Operational teams with analysis in managing the delivery of performance together with developing/controlling the business plan.
(iv) robust controls and confidence over balance sheet reporting and cash management.

Other responsibilities will include:

- Consolidation and review of all monthly management accounts, including commentary thereon, and month-end routines whilst also developing the effectiveness of current reporting processes.
- Working closely with the CFO to improve Board reporting, analysing key trends and performance indicators which can then influence decision making within the business.
- The role also requires a high degree of MI to be provided for the executive board and investors. As such, you must be comfortable with delivering reports at short notice to both the wider Group executive board and the investors.
- Producing monthly and annual reports to identify forecasts including variance analysis.
- Work with the CFO to develop and consolidate budgets and financial plans. To this end, the individual will need to be able to develop a strong understanding of the commercial model of the business and deliver high quality financial projections.
- Driving improvements across process, systems usage and financial controls across the business.
- Managing the audit process and potential drafting of statutory accounts.
- Taking responsibility for the internal control environment to ensure that controls are robust and support the production of accurate financial statements.
- Reconciliation of balance sheet ledgers - cash, creditors, prepayments and accruals etc.
- Production of quarterly Group VAT returns and managing the relationship with HMRC.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS:

- Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA etc)
- Able to manage workload effectively and meet strict deadlines
- Strong communication skills and able to manage a small team effectively
- Ability to operate across the business and to drive change across the finance structure
- Good IT skills - excellent with Excel and some experience of BI tools