Financial Controller

Be Personnel are keen to hear from candidates interested in our new vacancy, a Financial Controller working for our client, an employee owned seafood manufacturer. This role reports into the Finance Manager whilst supervising a team of 3, and entails a variety of responsibilities including:

The Responsibilities:

• Manage, support and develop the finance team


• Develop and maintain the finance standard operating procedures and internal controls


• Work with the Leadership Team and department heads to create, maintain and report on key financial (and non-financial) indicators


• Oversee the update and maintenance of standard costs


• Manage accounting software and integration with other systems


• Oversee processing of routine transactional data, including
  
  
  
  • Sales and purchase invoices
  
  
  • Bank transactions
  
  
  • Petty cash
  
  
  • Accruals, prepayment and other standard journals
  
  
  • Control bank accounts and manage payments and receipts
  
  
  
  

• Maintain operational cashflow forecast


• Review and present weekly finance reports


• Prepare and maintain a full set of balance sheet and P&L monthly reconciliations


• Prepare and report monthly management accounts


• Prepare external reports for bank and other stakeholders


• Prepare trend and variance analysis and provide detail to budget holder


• Prepare year end accounts and audit schedules


• Work with the Leadership Team to help build the annual Business Plan and any supplementary forecasts


• Prepare and submit all statutory returns, including:
  
  
  
  • HMRC Vat returns
  
  
  • HMRC PAYE and National Insurance
  
  
  • Office of National Statistics
  
  
  
  

• Manage relationship with bank, auditors and other key stakeholders


• Build and maintain strong links with the Leadership Team and departmental heads


• Deputise for the Head of Finance and represent finance at cross functional meetings when required


• Work collaboratively with other group companies, as required


• Other typical finance responsibilities linked to good corporate governance

The ideal candidate:

Professional accountancy qualification (CA, ACCA, CIMA, or equivalent).

Minimum 2 years of industry experience.

Proven experience in a finance management role, with strong leadership and team development skills.

Experience in the food or manufacturing/FMCG sector.

Knowledge of financial systems and process improvements.

Apply today and our industry specialised recruitment consultants will be in touch!