Role: Group Financial Controller

Location: Hybrid, 1-2 Days Hemel Hempstead

Salary: £75k +Benefits

The Group is at a key point in its growth with an increasing number of small and medium reporting entities and this new role is key to providing a new approach to delivering key financial functions for reporting and delivering the finance element of the schemes. This is a challenging and exciting role for an accountant who is looking for progression and eventual progress to Finance Director position within the company

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Financial reporting

• Line management of the Company Accountant and the Head of Managed Finance.
• Ensure that key monthly information is provided for government returns, monthly reporting and KPIs.
• Produce the monthly Board Finance Report for The Group and its subsidiaries
• . Improve on analysis and forecasting currently reported.
• Provide monthly Group accounts and individual accounts for the schemes and other businesses and ventures with an expectation of reducing reporting time to 5 working days from the existing seven. Ensure that there are reconciliations and back-ups for all balance sheet accounts.
• In charge of annual audits for entities.
• Responsible for VAT reporting and tax returns (including special allowances such as R&D)
• Responsible for group budgets, forecast cash flows and reforecasting
• Maintain an up to date costed staff grid.

Managing the team

• Setting objectives for direct reports and reviewing objectives for other staff with their managers.
• Dealing with day to day staffing issues within the accountancy function.
• Ensure quarterly appraisals are held for direct reports and wider team.
• Ensuring staff are meeting daily; weekly and monthly targets and that tasks are being completed.
• Approve holidays and ensure that there is adequate cover in the combined team.
• Hold regular team meetings.
• Managing 2 direct reports – with indirect support to the larger team
• Understand the roles so that the job holder can cover tasks as required

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Job Knowledge and Experience

• Educated to degree level.
• Must be a fully qualified ACA, ACMA or ACCA.
• A minimum of 3-4 years’ experience in a senior accounting role producing regular group reporting.
• Ability to manage a large and variable workload and work under pressure and to tight deadlines; and
• Sound knowledge of Sage,(or similar; Salesforce (or similar CRM) systems, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Sharepoint, PowerPoint, Business Teams and the ability to learn new systems and processes as required.

Must be able to:

• Create excellent reporting systems using the systems in place and have an affinity to extract data efficiently.
• Demonstrate an excellent affinity for managing teams of diverse people and managing change.
• Handle a range of different tasks simultaneously and prioritise a heavy workload.
• Demonstrate common sense and good judgment.
• Must be commercially aware and exercise sound judgement and be able to reach reasoned decisions, presenting information clearly and accurately.
• Must demonstrate a high attention to detail and a command of plain written English.
• Must be able to communicate professionally and effectively with colleagues, customers, the Board and stakeholders. A good listener.
• Must demonstrate a positive, proactive can-do attitude.
• Must enjoy a team environment.
• Must have a flexible attitude to work.
• Must be able to handle a range of different tasks simultaneously and prioritise a heavy workload.
• Must be able to demonstrate an affinity for excellent Customer Service.
• Must be able to identify with the aims and objectives of the Group.