Financial Controller - Rapidly Expanding Sme

Financial Controller

Based: Southport Area

Salary: up to £55k dependent on experience + bonus + benefits + progression to FD

My client is a rapidly expanding, innovative and forward-thinking business who are forecasting triple growth in revenue for 2024. The business are extremely well-known at being at the forefront of their industry, involved in projects around the UK and globally and continue to grow dramatically over the coming years. This is a brand new role to support their growth, reporting into the Finance Director with the wider support of an ACA qualified non-exec, this is a fantastic opportunity to join a young, vibrant business in a role that will hold lots of responsibility but have a fantastic mentor to take you to Finance Director in the next few years

Role:

• Undertaking all aspects of financial management for the business
• Producing management accounts, budgets and forecasts
• Developing internal control policies and procedures, implementing new processes
• Business partnering with Directors/Stakeholders/MD/Non-Exec across the business
• Developing capabilities to review and report on profitability by customer, projects, product and services delivered
• Responsible for all journals and final ledger balances, month end balance sheet reconciliations
• Reviewing quarterly VAT returns, developing accurate monthly cashflow statements
• Implement a change management culture by challenging existing processes/ideas where required
• Assisting executive team in delivering on financial strategy, growth and annual budget – providing financial recommendations to support
• Liaising with all business departments to ensure properly supporting needs of the business from a finance perspective
• Liaising with external accountants to ensure statutory accounts are prepared and tax reporting completed accurately/timely

Experiene:

• Qualified OR Part-Qualified OR QBE with strong finance experience
• Experience within an SME absolutely essential
• XERO experience desirable but not essential
• Strong Excel & modelling experience and desire for continuous improvements
• Strong communication skills and happy to get stuck in!

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a close-knit, ambitious, impressive and forward-thinking business. You must be keen to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and keen to develop your own career. Please send your CV now!