Financial Controller

EP Group

EP Group is an award winning, global packaging manufacturer with production facilities across Europe and South East Asia. We specialise in a range of paper and plastic based packaging products selling to many of the world’s largest retailers including Marks & Spencer, Amazon, Tesco and Starbucks.

Financial Controller

Role Purpose:

This role will have full responsibility for ensuring robust internal and external financial reporting and control, leading and developing a team that will deliver high quality finance data and business insights to the senior leadership team.

The role will have daily exposure to the senior leadership team, providing a platform to contribute to business strategy, growth, strategic projects, and cost saving initiatives.

The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting experience but will also be forward thinking with natural commercial acumen to improve the business.

Key Accountabilities

• Overall management responsibility for Accounts Receivable (incl. Credit Control), Accounts Payable, Payroll and Management Accounts;
• Ensuring efficient and effective functioning of the above areas to meet management expectations compliance requirements and integrity of all company’s data entries
• Continuous forecasting of company financial position – profit, balance sheet and cash-flow
• Annual Budget preparation (in collaboration with Commercial Director and Department Heads
• Foreign currency risk management
• Monthly Financial reporting including production of the management reporting pack to agreed deadlines – including subsidiaries, and mini consolidation
• Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed and intercompany recharges are agreed
• Monthly internal Financial Reviews with the Managing Director and Department Heads,  summarising budget trends, analysing deficiencies and reporting variances Daily cash management and forecasting.
• Ad hoc financial analysis as required, including but not limited to analysis of sales, products and overheads
• Manage the external Audit process, being the key point of contact for information provision and queries.
• VAT submissions in UK, as well as other VAT submissions for subsidiaries
• Implement and monitor KPI’s for the finance division
• Comply with all specific external reporting and Tax requirements (plastic tax, environment agency etc)
• Enhance business profitability and cash generation by identifying, managing and implementing organisational improvements
• Lead team to continuously develop/automate and implement business process and system improvements
• Establish and maintain a strong internal audit process to ensure all financial controls are adhered to.

Essential Experience

• Qualified Accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ICAEW, etc) with more than 5 years post-qualification experience
• Proven track record of managing and developing teams
• Ability to engage with business stakeholders and  influence management
• Experience in the manufacturing sector desirable
• Strong communication skills
• Stakeholder management up to C-Suite
• Strong analytical skills to effectively analyse financial reports
• In-depth knowledge of budgeting and financial forecasting

Technical Skills

• Advanced Excel modelling skills
• SAP experience desirable – other ERP systems will be considered