Job Description As Assistant Financial Controller, you will play a key role in shaping the financial success of the business. Working directly with the Financial Controller, you will not only ensure accurate and timely financial reporting but also drive efficiencies, support strategic decision-making, and help embed Finance as a true business partner. This is a fantastic opportunity for a proactive finance professional to make an impact in a business going through an exciting period of transformation. Key Responsibilities and Outcomes: Business Partnering & Cultural Transformation Act as a key business partner, working closely with operational teams to ensure Finance is embedded within the business. Support the cultural transformation of the Finance function, shifting towards a more proactive, value-driven approach. Challenge, influence, and guide key stakeholders by providing financial insights that drive strategic decision-making. Work cross-functionally to align financial objectives with business goals, ensuring a commercial mindset across the organisation. Develop a culture of collaboration, ensuring Finance is seen as an enabler of success rather than just a reporting function. Lead by example in fostering a continuous improvement (CI) mindset, driving efficiency and innovation within financial processes and existing controls. Leadership & Management Inspire, manage, and lead a team of six direct reports, ensuring they are motivated, engaged, and working effectively towards the company vision. Provide coaching, development, and performance management, helping team members reach their full potential to drive towards a high-performance work culture. Oversee the allocation of tasks and workload, ensuring efficiency and high standards across the team. Operational Assist in the management of all day-to-day finance matters, including but not limited to, invoicing, AR, AP, GL, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Revenue Recognition, Tax and Payroll. Assist with the production of the monthly management accounts by preparing and entering journals for all accruals, prepayments and provisions. Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed to agreed deadlines with all reconciling items investigated and resolved promptly. Prepare and enter the monthly accounts into the Group consolidation system. Ensure all local and Group reporting requirements are completed within required deadlines and to a high standard. Perform variance analysis to evaluate company performance and provide commentary to explain key variances to budget / forecast. Assist in the preparation of information for local management performance reviews. Continuously review existing working practices and processes to identify and implement efficiency improvements. Build good working relationships with key contacts in order to understand the business and the needs of the business. Assist the Financial Controller in the coaching and development of the Finance Team as individuals and as a team. Assist with ad-hoc projects as required. Deputise for the Financial Controller when required. Control, Governance and Compliance Ensure all local / national government reporting to comply with regulatory requirements is completed accurately and by the required deadline. Assist with the year-end close process for IFRS Group reporting and local GAAP Statutory reporting. Assist in the preparation and collation of information for the year-end external audit and liaise with the external auditors. Assist in the preparation of the annual statutory accounts for the company. Support the Financial Controller in the implementation and continuous monitoring of strong internal controls and processes across the business. Assist the Financial Controller with all internal audit requirements. Budgeting and Forecasting Assist with the preparation and submission of the annual budget and quarterly forecasts, by liaising with other departments to collect data and appropriately challenging assumptions.