Financial Controller - 6 month contract

Reed Finance are pleased to be supporting a growing SME buisness who due to a recent acquisition, are seeking a interim Financial Controller for a period of initially 6 months to manage the finance function.

The role is responsible for ensuring accurate financial reporting, financial control, and management of outsourced payroll functions. The ideal candidate will be hands-on, operationally focused, and capable of developing processes within the finance function once fully integrated into the role.

Day-to-day of the role:

• Manage, support, and develop the small Finance Team.
• Provide strong support to the management of the company and the Group CFO/Group COO.
• Prepare timely and accurate management accounts each month, including associated book-keeping.
• Responsible for all monthly balance sheet account reconciliations and balance sheet control.
• Provide supporting financial information for monthly board reporting within set timescales.
• Issue other financial reports as required and measure working capital, highlighting potential issues.
• Analyse and interpret financial information.
• Manage the payroll processes to ensure accurate and timely payments in a fast-changing environment.
• Ensure robust financial control procedures are in place.
• Investigate issues, solve problems, and implement improvements in processes while maintaining adequate documentation.
• Responsible for implementing and developing processes within the Finance Function that dovetail with the Sage Intact implementation.
• Ensure compliance with tax and accounting regulations.
• Manage the annual audit and preparation of statutory accounts.
• Manage the preparation of corporation tax computations.
• As required, lend support to the implementation and development of a new finance system within the company.
• Carry out any other reasonable duties as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Qualified accountant or equivalent
• Experience working in an SME business and in an entrepreneurial, flexible, fast-paced environment.
• Proven track record of having implemented and developed financial processes within an SME.
• Ambitious, energetic, with a pro-active approach.
• Team-minded and flexible, able to manage and develop a small team of finance professionals.
• Very good skills in the analysis and interpretation of numbers.
• Confident and able to communicate effectively.

Due to the immediate requirement, the successful candidate will need to be readily available to begin and commit to the contract. This is a wonderful opportunity to join a growing SME in an integral capacity, please apply directly or contact Daniel Cornes at Reed Finance to discuss further.