Divisional Financial Controller

£110,000 + £6K car allowance + 35% Bonus

London / Hybrid

Background

FTSE 250 company is seeking to recruit a Divisional FC, supporting the divisional finance director and divisional MD. This role requires a technically competent finance professional with a solid background in FP&A and commercial accounting. The role manages a team of ten, so strong leadership skills are essential.

Main responsibilities

• Working alongside the FD and MD, contributing to the development of the region’s 5-year business plan
• Developing financial business plans, budgets and forecasts and being fully accountable for their implementation and delivery
• Highlighting opportunities to increase profitability and ROCE
• Overseeing a first class, high performing finance team to service the needs of the region, with day-to-day management of the team and responsibility for their training, coaching & development
• Supporting on due diligence exercises of new business/ land deals
• Ownership of all aspects of financial reporting including delivering month end, review of journals, reconciliations and monthly management accounts with variance analysis
• Working alongside the Land, Technical, Commercial and Sales teams to update the appraisals on a monthly basis, providing sufficient challenge
• Ownership of the weekly/ monthly cashflow forecast, ensuring the Group has sufficient funding to deliver its growth plans
• Ownership of the monthly board pack
• Ownership of the annual budget pack

Key Requirements

• ACA or CIMA qualified with a minimum of 5 years' PQE
• Strong budget and forecasting skills
• Strong academic background
• Excellent attention to detail
• Driven, hardworking and ambitious
• Excellent communication skills
• Team management experience
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel