What's involved with this role: The pay rate for this role is £85,000-£90.000, depending on experience Group Financial Controller Reference no: ATR 5261012 Pay Rate: £90,000.00 per annum 37 Monday – Friday, 08:30 - 17:00 This opening assignment is Permanent City: WAREHAM Flexible with working and are virtual first but there will be a requirement to be in an office. As a member of the senior finance leadership team, you will be responsible for the delivery of all external financial reporting, statutory returns and submissions. You will lead the production of the group’s statutory accounts including the statutory consolidation and managing the external audit, leading the wider group finance team through the process. Being the technical accounting expert for the whole group, you will be responsible for the consolidation and preparation of the group’s monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts, overseeing the group’s fixed asset accounting, whilst managing, maintaining and developing two key group financial systems, Adaptive Insights and A4K. Key responsibilities: Lead the audit process and ensure compliance with the group’s timetable, stakeholder requirements and applicable accounting standards. Responsible for external audit and signing of unqualified accounts, Corporation Tax and VAT, and the associated risks of non-compliance. Own the relationships with the relevant professional advisors. Lead the preparation of the group’s consolidated statutory accounts, taking responsibility for the statutory consolidation. Lead the consolidation process for production of the group’s management accounts, budgets and forecasts. Responsible for the delivery of all external financial statutory and regulatory reporting, including tax, NRosh Lead the continuing development and use of the group’s consolidation, budgeting and financial planning system and maintaining the integrity of the data it holds. Responsible for advising on the setting and application of the Group’s accounting policies and to advise the Group on compliance with Accounting Standards, keeping up to date on best practice, and ensuring it is followed. Responsible that all financial reporting is technically compliant with accounting standards, internal corporate governance, risk management and relevant external laws and Acts. Review, develop, implement and manage the systems, processes and procedures across the financial reporting division, and ensure all other divisions within finance comply with the group’s financial policy and procedures. Responsible for fixed asset accounting including component accounting. Key requirements: Exceptionally strong technical accounting experience demonstrated with substantial senior management accounts and/or financial accounts experience. Professional qualifications and progression with a recognised accounting body would support this. Experience and sound knowledge of complex group consolidation accounting is essential. Significant statutory accounts experience is essential, ideally having managed the external audit process for a group of companies. Experience of consolidation accounting is essential. Experience with significant external stakeholders such as auditors and other advisors; management of the end-to-end process of a statutory audit for a group of companies; ensuring sign-off by the board of all the Group’s accounts is essential. Experience managing teams across different divisions within finance and managing staff of all levels, including reviewing team structures, planning for future growth and restructuring where appropriate to maximise efficiency. Strong all-round IT skills with expert level excel skills is essential. Ability to analyse, interpret and present information clearly and concisely. Desirable: Knowledge and experience of the social housing sector; corporation tax; VAT groups; construction industry scheme; other regulatory returns. The ability to work professionally and manage relationships with all levels in the business, up to Executive Board members and prior experience of such relationship management Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application should be clearly shown in your CV. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. "XR ALD Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.