Financial Controller South West

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Financial Controller to join one of our law firm clients.This role would suit someone based in the Southwest of England, in either Bristol, Bath, Cardiff or Cheltenham, Oxford, Swindon, Worcester etc. The firm are currently working 2 days in the office. As the Financial Controller, you will be supporting and reporting to CFO, taking on a hands-on role of overseeing the day-to-day financial accounting, accounts payable (including disbursements/recharges) and cashiering operations of the business, providingday to day leadership, management and development of the function and the team.Applicants will need to be a qualified accountant, with legal sector experience to be able to lead on SRA Audits. Specific duties include:

• Review of the accounts payable function, with a view to using technology to better automate processes
• Redesign the nominal ledger structure.
• In line with the review of the accounts payable function, review the shape and roles in the wider team to ensure fit for purpose.
• Monthly meetings with Budget holders to understand spend, variances against budget, forecasting and exert cost control. Consequently, provide monthly reporting and meaningful insight to the CFO.
• Ensure monthly management accounts are accurate and published within the agreed timescale, alongside supporting meaningful commentary and variance analysis. Provide supplementary analysis to provide insight.
• Oversight of P&L, Balance Sheet and intercompany reconciliations.
• Responsible for fee earning departmental Reporting.
• Produce and maintain P&L forecasts month to month.
• Support with treasury management including Foreign Exchange Risk Management
• Produce weekly and monthly Cash Flow forecasting
• Main point of contact for the annual audit
• Oversight of the consolidation for the statutory accounts, performing primary review of output and supporting with drafting disclosures
• Lead the annual audit process with external auditors, and monitor progress
• First review of all quarterly VAT computations UK and Brussels.
• Ensure all tax filings (UK and Brussels) and payments are accurate and up to date.
• Prepare annual PSA computation.
• Collate the budget information to produce a budget for review, including cashflow and balance sheet forecast.
• Ensure final budgets are distributed to budget holders and populated in the system for monthly reporting.
• Responsible for continuous review of finance systems used within the function, making changes as necessary to better support the delivery of the function.
• Responsible for robust internal controls within the function, ensure risk of fraud and error are minimised.
• Monitor, review and manage the overall performance of the team.
• Make efficiencies to streamline and improve the quality and delivery of the work generated by the team.
• Ensure month end close process is completed to strict monthly timescales.
• Technical point of contact for accounting and VAT queries.

Requirements and skills needed:

• Qualified accountant with at least 5 years PQE.
• Experienced gained in a leadership role in a law firm/professional services environment and in a small to medium sized environment.
• Proven track record in financial control and strong attention to detail.
• Proven track record in re-engineering processes and change management to increase efficiencies.
• Strong management and leadership skills (will have 5 direct reports but a wider finance team of c.20 people).

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