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Form of work
SalaryRole - Financial Controller
Location - Botcherby, Wantage or Peterborough
Contract Type - Permanent
Working Pattern - Office based
Salary - £40,000 - 45,000 + 15% bonus
Start Date - ASAP
What's in it for you
- The opportunity to build a career in a multi-cultural environment
- To be rewarded fairly and promoted based on merit and performance
- Professional and personal development through training and work experiences
- Strong engagement and commitment to the safety of our employees
About the role
This role will include commercial controller responsibility, together with support to the UK commercial team under the Swiss Principal Business model. The role reports to the Finance Manager UK.
Responsibilities
- To guarantee the accuracy of sales and Cost Of Good Sold (COGS) data for Commercial Reporting
- To liaise with the Commercial Team on sales prices, contracts, rebate accruals and LME/MP reconciliations.
- To liaise with the Shared Service Centre department to ensure credit limits are respected and payments and overdue are properly followed up
- To ensure Packaging held at customer's is reconciled monthly and any identified losses are recovered
- To finalise monthly reports, Budgets and Forecasts for the Commercial Entity
What we need from you
- Business Graduate with a specialisation in Accounting/Finance Control.
- Previous experience (preferably) acquired in a manufacturing environment.
- Data-driven and is aware of variable, fixed costs and margin analysis.
- Previous experience in preparing budgets and forecasts, analyzing variances against forecasts and report writing for management.
- Ability to communicate at all levels, with good presentation skills.
- Commercial awareness, with attention to detail, a logical approach with effective decision-making/problem-solving skills.
- Effective team player, able to work under pressure to tight deadlines, with a continuous improvement mind-set.
- IT literate, with advanced Microsoft Excel (macros) skills and a good working experience of SAP integrated software.
- Fluent in English - both verbal and written, another European language a plus.
