Description:
Financial Controller
This market-leading, multi-site retailer boasts a well-respected and instantly recognisable brand.
Expanding via ongoing investment and continued sales growth, this highly successful business is now seeking a charismatic Financial Controller.
Reporting to the CFO, who reports to the CEO, the role will include:
- Managing day-to-day finance, leading a team of c10 talented finance professionals across Finance, Payroll, FP&A, and Digital Transformation
- Oversee all aspects of financial management, including reporting, audits, tax compliance, payroll, and executive reporting
- Driving profitability analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
- Ownership of all operational aspects of finance across the Balance Sheet, P&L and Cashflow
- Lender Reporting - Covenant reporting
- Statutory reporting - working with external advisors
- Ensuring the appropriate financial control environment is in place
- Leading the development and improvement of processes, controls and systems
- Variance analysis and reporting on trends
- KPI Reporting
- Oversight of capital expenditure on monthly and ad hoc basis
- Reviewing and authorising relevant areas, i.e. POs and Expenses, refunds, allowances, and banking transactions as required by Company policy
- Quarterly/ monthly VAT returns within the set deadlines by HMRC
- Year-end audit requirements - lead liaison with external auditors
- Internal audit -self-assessment and ensuring compliance with requirements
- Balance sheet reconciliations and consolidation
- Overall controller for CAPEX / FF&E
- Managing key relationships and processes for the ongoing capital projects
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting
Required candidate profile:
- A qualified accountant with experience from within the Consumer sector
- In-depth experience of either delivering as part of an operational finance team or leading the function.
- Demonstrably exceptional communication skills. Easily able to engage with a wide range of finance and non-finance stakeholders and colleagues.
- Experience and desire to build a high-performing team.
- The drive and energy to deliver exceptional results.
- High levels of emotional intelligence.
- Happy to be hands-on and comfortable working within a fast-paced SME.
- Polished, presentable, and able to represent the brand appropriately.