Financial Controller

Appleyard Lees • Halifax, NC

19d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Financial Controller is a hands-on leadership role responsible for day-to-day finance operations and leading a finance team of five. The role works with the Finance Director to improve the finance function, with a focus on faster month-end processes, stronger controls and better management information. The role combines team leadership, financial reporting, commercial support, cash and treasury management, compliance, systems support and finance transformation. The company uses Sage Intacct, Equinox, Excel and SharePoint.

Requirements

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Several years’ experience at Financial Controller, Finance Manager or senior Management Accountant level.
• Experience managing a small finance team and leading it through change.
• Strong management accounts and balance sheet experience.
• Experience with VAT, audit and cash flow forecasting.
• Experience delivering process improvement or system change in a finance function.
• Strong Excel and finance systems skills.
• Attention to detail and ability to review other people’s work.
• Ability to investigate and resolve complex finance issues.
• Confidence dealing directly with budget holders and senior management.

Nice To Haves

• Professional services experience, ideally in an LLP or a business of similar size and complexity.
• Sage Intacct or a similar ERP system, and Power BI or similar reporting tools.
• Finance system implementations, integrations or automation experience.
• Multi-currency accounting and FX, banking facilities and loans experience.
• Fee earner incentive schemes and payroll oversight experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage and develop a finance team of five, allocate workloads, review work, coach team members and act as the escalation point for complex finance issues.
• Prepare and review monthly management accounts, balance sheet reconciliations and fee earner incentive reporting.
• Meet with budget owners about spending, variances and forecasts; support the annual budget; and provide analysis and commentary to management.
• Manage weekly and monthly cash flow and forecasting, cash collection information, banking relationships, loans and repayments, and foreign-exchange requirements and currency exposures.
• Prepare and submit VAT returns, maintain tax compliance with external advisers, coordinate the annual audit as the auditors’ main contact, and oversee monthly payroll checks.
• Support the team with complex billing and system issues, protect data integrity, and maintain and improve finance controls.
• Review finance processes and controls to simplify, automate or strengthen them.
• Help design, test and implement systems and integrations, including bank feeds, invoice imports and Power BI.
• Train the team in new ways of working and document processes while keeping business-as-usual deadlines on track.

Benefits

• 34-hour working week, Monday to Friday.
• Hybrid working.
• A supportive and friendly place to work and learn.
• Annual salary review.
• 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Holiday Purchase Scheme.
• Salary Exchange.
• Life assurance.
• Healthcare Cash Plan and Wellbeing App.
• Group Income Protection.
• Long Service Milestones.
• Social outings.
• Vouchers on Christmas, birthdays and special occasions.
• Charity events.
• Career prospects.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed