Liberty has an exciting opportunity for an Assistant Financial Controller to join our team, based in Knowsley. You will be working on a full time permanent basis, working 40 hours per week. In return, you will receive a competitive salary plus car allowance & excellent benefits!
Established in 1969, we are an experienced and innovative heating and compliance, reactive/planned maintenance, renewable technology and new build specialist that is committed to putting customers and clients at the heart of everything we do.
The strength of our organisation lies in the quality of the people we work with. We’re proud to employ the most talented, driven individuals within the property services sector.
Responsibilities for the Assistant Financial Controller will include:
1. People management
2. Liaising with internal and external auditors
3. Completion of year-end statutory accounts
4. Preparing full statutory accounts
5. Preparing group financial statements including a full set of consolidation accounts including consolidation adjustments
6. Full set of statutory accounts
7. Corporation tax compliance
8. Maintenance of the group cash forecast
9. Balance sheet reconciliations for all companies within the group
10. Audit, tax or compliance related projects
What we are looking for in our ideal Assistant Financial Controller:
1. GCSE or equivalent qualification in maths & english
2. Qualified accountant (preferably ACA or ACCA)
3. Practical Audit / Tax / VAT experience
4. Been in practice, audit & tax experience essential
5. Intermediate Microsoft office skills specifically in Excel
6. A strong commitment to high quality customer service
7. The ability to work well within a team as well as alone, showing initiative and prioritisation
We offer a range of benefits for a rewarding career including though not limited to:
1. Pension scheme
2. 25 days Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays
3. Cycle to Work scheme
4. Liberty Sense Awards – employees are nominated by colleagues for living the Liberty values, those who win receive a high street voucher
5. YuLife, includes:
6. Life Insurance/Death in service benefit – 2x annual salary value
7. Smart Health (including round the clock access to 24/7 UK-based GPs)
8. Best Doctors to provide a second opinion on complex cases or diagnosis
9. Mental Health Support, 4-6 sessions with a psychologist or psychotherapist
10. Online Health Check
11. Nutrition consultations
12. Online fitness program
13. YuMatter+ Employee Assistance Programme designed to support mental, financial & professional wellbeing including up to 5 confidential sessions with a counsellor
14. Free will writing
15. Reward scheme for healthy behaviors to earn YuCoin which can be redeemed on the app for vouchers/rewards
16. Exclusive membership and wellbeing product discounts
17. Medicash Health Cash Plan (optional to register, P11D tax value approx £11.60 per year however allows claims for up to £996 per year) includes:
18. Claiming eligible cash back on dental or optical treatments, specialist consultations, tests or scans
19. Discounted gym membership
20. Savings on cinema tickets, travel, holidays & retail
In addition to the above, at Liberty we look to invest in the up-skilling and development of our employees, ensuring competency and compliance to industry standards, in turn we will look to offer additional training where appropriate to give you the skills you need to deliver the service required.
Liberty strives to be a diverse and inclusive place where we can ALL be ourselves. We commit to achieving equal opportunities in employment for all suitably qualified candidates, through upholding our values of Passion, Openness, Respect and Trust, underpinned by Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Engagement.
Liberty is a real living wage employer.
Please note, only candidates who have the right to work in the UK will be considered for this vacancy.
As part of our recruitment process all employees need to be vetted and undertake pre-employment checks. For this role you may need to complete a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check, previously Criminal Records Bureau, prior to or upon commencing employment with Liberty.
If you have the desire to work in a busy and high performing team, why not join us as our Assistant Financial Controller, click “apply” below – we want to hear from you!
Closing date for applications is the 19th February 2025 (we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier depending on number of applications).
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