Financial Controller

We are a team of dedicated finance professionals; we focus on advising and supporting our clients so they can get on with what they do best. We are currently looking for a Finance Controller to be based at our Northamptonshire head office.
 
BASIC SALARY: £65,000 - £75,000 per annum
 
BENEFITS:
· 23 Days Holiday + Stats
· Pension
· Healthcare
· Flexible Working Arrangements Available
 
LOCATION: Kettering, Northamptonshire
 
COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Corby, Northampton, Wellingborough, Market Harborough, Bedford, Leicester, Oundle
 
JOB DESCRIPTION:Financial Controller - Financial Services
 
This is a new and exciting role, and due to growth, we have restructured our business and envisage you playing a pivotal role in overseeing, defining, and optimising our financial process and best practices to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and consistency within all our teams. Collaboration is vital, working closely with cross functional teams you will be reporting directly to the COO.
 
Additional key elements of the role will be:
· Provide Expertise in Financial Accounting to keep your knowledge up to date and serve as the resident expert on financial accounting principles, standards, and regulations.
· Developing best practices in financial management, accounting, and reporting.
· Ensuring consistency by establishing and enforcing standards and procedures.
· Conducting regular internal reviews of financial processes and streamline where required.
· With the help of the Training Manager, identify training requirements and ensure regular reviews.
· Responsibility for the Company Secretarial Function including tax and statutory compliance across our business and our clients' businesses.
 
PERSON SPECIFICATION:  Financial Controller - Financial Services
 
Ideally, you will be a hands-on qualified finance professional who is committed to the delivery of customer service excellence. Confident at communicating at all levels, both internally and externally you will be forward thinking with an enthusiasm to gain an understanding of all operational processes.
 
In addition, you will:
· Be a Qualified Accountant (ACMA, ACCA, ACA, CTA) with experience at a senior level.
· Have demonstrable experience in a senior finance role within industry.
· Have excellent IT skills with knowledge of the full Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Excel skills).
· Be confident at driving change and focused on problem solving.
· Have experience of leading a team, driving process improvement.
· Be self-motivated, accountable and can take ownership of multiple tasks / projects.
 
THE COMPANY:
 
We strive for being the best. Our experts provide an outsourced solution to SME's mainly in the FMCG sector and we are proud of our success. We are proud of being the chosen partner to our clients, trusted with running the day to day back-office requirements, driving their businesses to grow because of our support, common sense approach and expertise. If you have accumulated the right experience and can demonstrate that you would fit in well with our business and strategy, we would absolutely welcome your application.
 
It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and/or markets and worked with the following products and/or services: Senior Accountant, Chief Financial Officer, CFO, FD, FC, Finance Manager, Accounting Manager, Financial Controller, Finance Consultant, Finance Specialist, Finance Director, Head Of Finance, Head of Tax, Group Tax Manager, Group Tax Director, Accountant - Compliance, Accounting, Finance Solutions, FMCG, Client Services, Tax, Accountancy.
 
INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgement of your application.
 
Please Note: Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.
 
REF: LO17654, Wallace Hind Selection