Financial Controller

Salary: £65,000-£75,000

Location: Reading

Duration: 12 months FTC (Hybrid - 2 days in the office)

Sellick Partnership has been engaged to recruit a Financial Controller for a reputable legal firm based in Reading on a 12 months fixed term contract.

The business is an award winning firm and has been voted as the leading UK regional law firm to work for in the South East by the Best Company Survey published by the Sunday Times and best law firm to work for in the South East for three years in a row.

Its partners are recognised as experts in their field and work in an innovative manner, seeking to find ways of developing its offering and services to clients harnessing all modern technologies. They offer excellent working conditions and a modern, forward thinking, friendly team who work in a collaborative way.

They operate on a hybrid model, therefore the successful candidate will need to be able to commit to attending the offices in Reading for 2 days per week.

This is a great opportunity for an ambitious Financial Controller / Finance Manager who will report into the Finance Director and who will be responsible for the oversight of the day to day financial operations of the accounting department including all reporting, financial administration and improving organisational processes and procedures across the board within the accounting function.

You will have the responsibility for all aspects of financial and management accounting including the improvement of processes and providing commercial business information to the business.

You will support the annual budgeting and forecasting, monitor business performance against budget, prepare analysis and recommend corrective action where necessary to ensure performance remains on target.

You will need to ensure all financial information is kept up to date for compliance with statutory and business requirements, coupled with being responsible for providing managerial support to the wider team of 10 which includes credit controllers, accounts payable clerks, cashiers, accounts assistants and an assistant management accountant.

The successful applicant will be a qualified Accountant (ACA or ACCA or CIMA) but they will consider individuals who are qualified by experience but it is essential you have experience within a similar role within the legal sector.

This is a hands on role where you will lead by example so it is essential that you can provide evidence of developing and motivating a team. You will need excellent up to date technical accounting and SRA rules knowledge, VAT regulations, strong excel skills (formulae, pivot tables etc) coupled with a good understanding of commercial and operational activities and have a proven track record of working with stakeholders to deliver objectives.

The ideal candidate will be highly numerate, and able to work with complex data, from multiple sources, in different formats, to provide concise and meaningful interpretation. If you consider yourself to be a committed, career driven professional who can demonstrate the above experience and who would welcome the stimulus of this finance post then we would be pleased to hear from you.

If you would like to apply for this role or would like to find out more, please apply online or contact Jonathan Moss at Sellick Partnership on .

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