Financial Controller

Sewell Wallis are partnering with a leading PLC in Leeds who are looking to recruit a Financial Controller into their UK Head Office team.

Ideally you will be Practice trained with a strong technical background and experience of leading an audit.

With exposure to key stakeholders across the business and working closely with the Finance Director, this is an excellent opportunity for an individual looking to make a step up into an FC role.

Key responsibilities

• Preparing statutory accounts and consolidating the reporting pack
• Creating the Group quarterly reporting pack
• Planning for the year end audit report and quarterly reporting
• Implementing any accountancy policy changes
• Managing the statutory requirements of all overseas entities
• Liaising with external auditors and any other external advisors as required
• Understanding the ageing of the ledgers and ensure that there are appropriate provisions at quarter ends, working with the credit control team to reduce the ageing of the ledger and resolve any issues
• Taking ownership, accountability and oversight of all balance sheet reconciliations and providing the FD with complete visibility of all current, emerging and future risks and opportunities
• Managing all areas of cash and treasury including ensuring that appropriate FX forecasts are in place, cash flow reporting and ensuring full compliance with any banking requirements
• Ensuring compliance with VAT and liaise with external VAT advisors on issues for both UK and European taxes
• Developing processes and controls
• Managing a small finance team
• Ad hoc project work

Requirements

• Fully qualified Accountant, ideally ACA / ACCA / CIMA
• Working knowledge of UK GAAP and IFRS
• Full understanding of UK corporate entity statutory requirements and UK VAT legislation
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information to non finance colleagues
• Strong IT skills and experience of analysing large sets of data
• Ability to lead and develop a small team

Benefits

• Hybrid working - 4 days in the office
• 25 days holiday plus Bank Holidays
• On site parking
• Staff discounts

For full details please contact Emma Dugdale.

To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions.