Financial Controller

Fantastic opportunity to join an award-winning telematics business as a Financial Controller. The successful candidate will be responsible for all monthly and annual financial reporting, consolidation, analysis and maintaining regulatory compliance across all companies in the Group.

Key Accountabilities

• Responsible for all internal monthly reporting across the UK and US companies, aligning practices to Group requirements and providing comprehensive variance analysis vs forecast.
• Responsible for all statutory & external reporting including Intrastat, government returns (ONS), insurance sums, VAT returns, R&D claims etc. plus external audit prep and annual statutory accounts.
• Responsible for month-end closure, including account reconciliations, nominal ledger review and internal systems balancing across all intercompany divisions.
• Review and approve all month-end adjustments including accruals, prepayments, payroll, accrued/deferred income adjustments and intercompany.
• Reconcile monthly fixed assets postings, ensuring accurate calculation of depreciation/amortisation aligned to fixed asset policies.
• Ensure that robust documented internal controls, including balance sheet review with documented issues, are resolved before formal sign-off processes.
• Oversee all daily ledger activity and manage cash and treasury functions for both UK, US, and future divisions.
• Ensure bank payments and controls are accurate, overseeing weekly cash forecast submissions and supplier payments.
• Develop and enhance reporting structures where required i.e. COA to improve efficiency of group reporting, statutory accounts, and tax accounting.
• Ensure all reporting aligns to statutory law, financial standards, and Group requirements.
• Motivate, mentor, and appraise the Finance team who directly report to the Financial Controller.
• Proactively drive efficiencies within the Finance department and actively participate in any projects to develop the Finance function as a whole and provide support to the Finance Director.

Key Skills

• Ability to learn new systems quickly and enhance and streamline processes.
• Ability to work well under pressure, meet deadlines and juggle multiple tasks at any given time.
• Outstanding trouble-shooting skills and critical thinking.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Numerically confident with meticulous attention to detail.
• Good documentation and organisation skills.
• Desire to learn new technologies.
• Analytical and data driven approach to problem solving.
• Ability to confidently liaise with Senior Management.
• Ability to coach and advise others.

Desirable Skills

• Qualified accountant with ACA, ACCA or CIMA.
• Sound knowledge and experience of working with ERP and finance systems.
• Strong technical understanding of accounting standards and regulatory reporting.
• Strong IT skills specifically Microsoft Excel.
• Good business acumen with commercial thinking.
• Strong communication skills and ability to interact with stakeholders of all levels.
• Proven experience of successfully managing a team.
• Experience of working in a global organisation.

Perks of the Role

• Monday-Friday 9 am-5 pm
• Fantastic Salary £75,000-£80,000 (Experience-dependent)
• Health care Cash Plan
• 5% Employer pension contributions when contributing 5%
• 28 days Holiday plus Bank Holidays
• Company Sick Pay
• Life Assurance 4x annual salary
• Hybrid working

Interviews are taking place over the next few weeks so please apply today, so you do not miss out!