Financial Controller

Job Description

Financial Controller role- interim and permanent.Great opportunity to join a fast growth, dynamic company and working with a great team. Really varied role which will be both hands on and strategic.Job Role:Overall responsibility for the finance function in the UK reporting to the Group Financial & Commercial Director / UK Operations Director.Areas of responsibility:Leadership and strategy

• Contribute to and help develop UK business strategy as part of Group plans
• Challenges the Group Financial & Commercial Director and UK Ops Director in the development of wider strategy
• Manage the UK finance team
• Establishes and maintain positive relationships with all external financial contacts for the Group
• Carry out performance assessments for direct reports and ensure correct training and career development / succession planning
• Take responsibility for recruitment and discipline of the UK finance team

Key Accountabilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts for ther Group
• Apply comprehensive management control to ensure people, plant, machinery and transport costs are within budget for the UK
• Manage Finance Team (Accounts Payable (AP), Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Admin and Finance Analyst)
• Manage all UK balance sheet reconciliations - accruals and prepayments
• Maintain Fixed Asset Register

• Quarterly completion of VAT return to HMRC and be point of contact for the Group UK with HMRC (VAT, Duty deferment, PAYE liabilities) and reporting
• Primary point of contact for the Group with banking provider, including booking all FX hedges.
• Primary point of contact for the Group with external auditors, tax advisors and payroll bureau.

• Process and approve weekly payments to vendor base
• Review and approve GBP payment run, as created by the AP Finance Assistant
• Ensure excellent credit control processes are in place with the AR Finance Assistant
• Approve new customers credit limits in conjunction with the Sales Director / UK Operations Director as necessary
• Ensure systems are in place to monitor performance against budget, forecast and prior years
• Oversee UK rebate system (reporting to customers, understanding payment forecasts, reflecting liabilities in the monthly management accounts).
• Support the Financial & Commercial Director in the annual Budget and rolling 5 year medium term plan.
• Provide monthly rolling cashflow forecasts
• Ensure compliance with Go-Pak Group, legal and statutory laws, rules, policies and procedures.

• Ensure UK KPIs are reported accurately and on time
• Ensure UK financial SOPs are correct and challenged

Group Accounting

• Monthly UK reporting to support timetable of reporting via Group Financial & Commercial Director
• Understand and react to changing reporting needs and information demands
• Manage change programmes through employee communication, involvement and engagement

Commercial Oversight

• Work in partnership with UK sales and finance / commercial analyst to ensure a robust commercial approach is in place at all times for UK accounts
• Input to margin reporting / visibility and proactively identify areas for improvement
• Input to cost visibility and identification of opportunities for cost improvements
• Provide advice and analytics to business managers and the sales team to increase commercial performance of new and existing business in understanding of customer situations in the UK

Process Improvement

• Standardise / Optimise monthly report formats for the UK
• Make month end processes more efficient including checklist of key control checks (eg fixed Assets, Debtors Ledger, bank reconciliations etc)
• Formalise cyclical stock counts and reduce times of all stock taking in UK
• Review Navision business system in the UK and implement upgrades to benefit the financial process as available / needed.
• Ensures systems are in place for communication at all levels

Person Specification (minimum requirements)Education & Certifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA)

Job Specific Technical Requirements

• Working within a fast-paced customer focused organisation
• Attention to detail in production of accurate financial products for UK business
• Equally comfortable with day-to-day operational tasks and strategic discussions
• People management skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• Strong communication skills
• A team player, with a flexible approach to work and can-do attitude.
• Experienced Microsoft Office User and business systems user

Experience

• Experience in finance function of a multinational business
• Experience in dealing with large FX transactions