Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Southwest London

Salary £60,000 to £65,000 plus 10% bonus

Working hours 9:00am to 6:00pm

On Site Parking

Award winning British manufacturing company are recruiting a qualified or qualified by experience Financial Controller to join the accounts department on a permanent basis.

This is an amazing opportunity to join a established, profitable and highly respected leader in their field. The company is innovative, dynamic and a renowned market leader within their industry. They have an entrepreneurial ethos and encourage employees to implement improvements and make changes to improve processes.

Working in amazing modern offices in Southwest London with lovely social open plan facilities. Minutes’ walk from an amazing high street, close to local tubes, trains and bus routes. The high street features a variety of boutique shops, restaurants, bars and trendy cafes catering to all your lunch and after work drinks requirements. Apply today to join this amazing company!

This role will require an individual who is hands-on, efficient, and ready and willing to adapt to new challenges and circumstances.

Ideally you will have exposure to bill of materials costs, freight, delivery, import duty, returns, inventory / stock and pro forma invoicing.

Key Elements and Responsibilities of the Financial Controller:

• Preparation and review of period end GL account reconciliations and closure.
• Accounting and reporting for the two UK subsidiaries.
• Preparation, review, and processing of Month Quarter and Year journals, accruals, and other adjustments as required.
• Monthly payroll accounting including the posting of journal entries and payroll reconciliation.
• Assisting with the completion of local annual audits and statutory reporting for UK entities using the support of external consultants where applicable.
• Preparation of monthly bank reconciliations.
• Inventory accounting and reporting.
• Cashflow management - monitoring and forecasting cash flow, cashflow reporting, ensuring that use of cash is optimised. This includes the management of multiple currencies.
• Assisting the group in analysing monthly results where required.
• Taxation reporting and filing with the help of an external firm.
• Compliance reporting and filings.
• Assisting with submission of VAT reports for European VAT registrations and related reports.
• Assisting where required in the design, implementation and maintenance of financial SOP's.
• Assisting with the periodic external audits and reviews and liaising with external auditors.
• Assisting with the preparation of data and reports as and when required by the business.
• Provide local management reports, as required.
• Liaison with IT suppliers and maintenance of Cloud computing

Required knowledge of the Financial Controller:

• Strong relevant financial experience including general ledger accounting and reporting.
• Experience in processing payroll through Sage software and related reporting.
• Experience with VAT, other taxes, and UK compliance.
• Experience with accounting systems use e.g. Dynamics NAV/Netsuite or similar accounting systems.
• Strong Excel experience essential with the ability to demonstrate a clear understanding of lookup functions, pivot tables and similar functions/ reports with the ability to handle high volume data.
• Salesforce CRM software

Education & Experience

• A part or fully qualified ACA, ACCA or CIMA
• University Degree in a related field
• Five years of accounting experience

Remuneration

• Salary £60,000 to £65,000 Plus 10% Bonus
• Pension Scheme
• Company Health Insurance

The job title Financial Controller may also be known as finance Manager.