Be Personnel are keen to hear from candidates interested in our new vacancy, a Financial Controller working for our client, an employee owned seafood manufacturer. This role reports into the Finance Manager whilst supervising a team of 3, and entails a variety of responsibilities including:
The Responsibilities:
* Manage, support and develop the finance team
* Develop and maintain the finance standard operating procedures and internal controls
* Work with the Leadership Team and department heads to create, maintain and report on key financial (and non-financial) indicators
* Oversee the update and maintenance of standard costs
* Manage accounting software and integration with other systems
* Oversee processing of routine transactional data, including
* Sales and purchase invoices
* Bank transactions
* Petty cash
* Accruals, prepayment and other standard journals
* Control bank accounts and manage payments and receipts
* Maintain operational cashflow forecast
* Review and present weekly finance reports
* Prepare and maintain a full set of balance sheet and P&L monthly reconciliations
* Prepare and report monthly management accounts
* Prepare external reports for bank and other stakeholders
* Prepare trend and variance analysis and provide detail to budget holder
* Prepare year end accounts and audit schedules
* Work with the Leadership Team to help build the annual Business Plan and any supplementary forecasts
* Prepare and submit all statutory returns, including:
* HMRC Vat returns
* HMRC PAYE and National Insurance
* Office of National Statistics
* Manage relationship with bank, auditors and other key stakeholders
* Build and maintain strong links with the Leadership Team and departmental heads
* Deputise for the Head of Finance and represent finance at cross functional meetings when required
* Work collaboratively with other group companies, as required
* Other typical finance responsibilities linked to good corporate governance
The ideal candidate:
Professional accountancy qualification (CA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).
Minimum 2 years of industry experience.
Proven experience in a finance management role, with strong leadership and team development skills.
Experience in the food or manufacturing/FMCG sector.
Knowledge of financial systems and process improvements.
Apply today and our industry specialised recruitment consultants will be in touch