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The Role
This is an exciting time to join our thriving Accounts function as we look to recruit an experienced Financial Controller to oversee our Property Consultancy businesses and become a key player in the senior finance team. This growth role is a result of the acquisitive nature of Gateley Plc. We are now looking to centralise the consultancies with external accounts support, as we migrate these businesses to the main Group practice management/finance system.
This individual will operate as the main link between the central Accounts team and the management/finance teams in the subsidiaries, reporting to our Platform finance leads and CFO. The role will be based in Birmingham with our central Accounts team, requiring occasional travel to the head offices of some of the subsidiaries. As we grow both organically and through further acquisitions across our platforms, there is significant scope for progression and to mould this role and in turn, your future career path!
Duties & Responsibilities
- Preparing and reviewing monthly finance packs for presentation to the subsidiary boards
- Responsible for preparing and/or reviewing subsidiary budgets
- Prepare and monitor cash flow forecasts
- Assist with the annual budgeting process, being link between subsidiary management and central finance
- Work with fee earners to prepare appropriate provisions for debtors, WIP etc
- Main point of contact for ad-hoc finance queries from both internal and external stakeholders, including internal and external audit, central finance teams (covering Billing, Credit Control and Treasury), fee earners and board members
- Responsibility for maintaining a robust control environment
- Oversee junior finance members of the subsidiaries, including providing adequate training and supervision
- Liaise with Group support functions with tasks and queries around people, risk and compliance, and tax
- Assist the Group finance team with preparing year end statutory accounts for the subsidiaries
- Assist in the preparation and/or review of monthly journals
- Reconcile intercompany balances
- Assistance with finance system migration/testing
This job description is not an exhaustive list due to the requirements of the role. Therefore, the job holder may be required from time to time to carry out other ad hoc tasks as requested.
The Team
Our highly skilled and diverse finance team delivers accounting services to our exciting and dynamic Professional Services Group. Offering a wide range of services across all legal and non-legal businesses within the Group, the finance team are organised broadly into Group Accounting, Legal Cashiering, Billing, Credit Management and Purchasing functions, we service our internal clients to a very high standard and add value by always going out of our way.
The Person
- ACA, ACCA or other relevant accounting body qualified with 5+ years PQE
- Previous experience working in either professional services or property consultancies preferable
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build strong relationships with senior leaders
- Strong task management skills including an ability to prioritise tasks and regularly manage multiple deliverables across various businesses independently
- Experience of using 3E advantageous but training will be provided
- Previous experience of involvement in finance system migration projects preferred
- Collaborative and flexible approach
- Working knowledge of Sage and Xero would be beneficial but not a pre-requisite
About Us
The benefits
With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
With support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around our great development and progression opportunities will reward your commitment and loyalty. We offer a competitive remuneration package where you'll be rewarded for your individual performance with an opportunity to receive an annual bonus.
In addition, we have a wide range of learning and development opportunities via our Learn platform to develop new skills and progress your career. Our My Flex comprehensive rewards package includes options covering annual leave (and the benefit of purchasing extra days), cycle to work, critical illness benefit, employee assistance programme, group personal pension, health care, season ticket loan and many more benefits (grade dependent). Finally, with Perks At Work/Home you can select a host of retail benefits that suit your needs alongside a Community Online Academy, free courses for all from fitness to coding to languages to hip hop dance.
We are Gateley
We are forward thinking and straight talking, our approach is to find solutions to the problems that our clients face. Gateley is a legal and professional services group, we are a group of formidable experts in all areas of law and business. Passionate problem solvers, we get our kicks from finding the right answers and getting our legal and business clients where they need to be. We support more than 5,700 active clients, ranging from FTSE 100 companies to private individuals, in the UK and beyond. Being part of Gateley is not just about the expertise that you bring; it's about attitude too.
The 'Gateley Story' is the story of our people and our culture. It is what has got us to where we are today as a successful business and it's the driving force behind the Gateley Team Spirit and the values that have shaped it. We have a set of shared internal values that capture what the Gateley Team Spirit is and this includes five elements that bind us all together as one Gateley: Ambitious for Success, Forward Thinking, Room to Breathe, Trusted to Do and Working Together. Every year across the group, we recognise members of our team that have gone and above and beyond and have lived these shared values. They are recognised at our annual Gateley Team Spirit awards.
Diversity, inclusion and well being
Diversity, inclusion and well-being is an important part of Gateley's culture and values. We recruit talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, providing equal opportunities for all to join our team regardless of age, sex, race, sexual orientation, disability, or culture.
We create an exciting and rewarding place to work that aims to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals. We offer flexible working patterns to help our staff achieve a good work/ life balance and we encourage candidates seeking flexibility in their next role to apply for any of our vacancies.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.
We are proud to have been recognised by The Law Society as gold standard for our Diversity and Inclusion Charter and to be Stonewall Diversity Champions.
Additional Information
If you are successful in receiving an offer of a role with our company a variety of pre-employment screening checks will be completed. Our screening checks can include but are not limited to your eligibility to work, professional and academic qualifications, any criminal records, your financial stability, and references from previous employers. The screening that takes place will be relevant to your role and will vary from role to role.
