This highly entrepreneurial, family owned business has grown substantially in the last few years and is currently north of £20m turnover. Profitable and operating over five divisions across two sites, supplying materials and services to residential and large, commercial customers, they are an established, cash rich business employing over 150 staff.
Their long standing Finance Director is planning to retire at the end of the year and will be going part-time in the next 4-6 months so they are now looking to appoint an experienced Financial Controller with a view to taking over the role and if proven successful, become FD in the future. This is therefore an important appointment for the group, reporting into the CEO and acting as a key member of the senior management team. The Financial Controller will manage the company finances to drive the profitability and growth of the business and will be expected to play a major role in decision making.
Managing a small finance department you will drive greater understanding of costs and margins to improve performance whilst also making sense of complex revenue streams and high volumes of transactions. There is real scope here for someone to make improvements, modernising systems and automating processes. The key duties of the Financial Controller will be:
1. Produce monthly management accounts with commentary
2. Develop KPI’s and MI pack for the board
3. Provide analysis of costs and process e...