Financial Controller
Employer Location Herefordshire, England, Hereford Salary - per annum + £65000 - £6000 Car Closing date 22 Jul 2025 View more categoriesView less categories Sector Salary band, Contract type Hours Where will they be working You need to or to save a job.
Job Details
My client
Hays Senior Finance has been retained for the recruitment of an established and growing manufacturing business based in central Hereford. Customers are in the UK, but there are significant European and global sales.
Turnover in 2025 is expected to be £20m with around 85 employees.
Finance team
Reporting lines: This position reports into the Group FD with a significant dotted line to the subsidiary reports are: Management Accountant, Purchase ledger clerk, Credit controller
Role & Responsibilities
Complete financial responsibility for the business. This includes but not restricted to:
- Oversee the month end work including preparing the monthly Board pack.
- Report monthly numbers in defined format to Group in line with monthly deadlines.
- Prepare and present at monthly operations meeting with a detailed assessment of performance in each revenue stream.
- Review and understand the balance sheet reconciliations, including identifying and resolving discrepancies.
- Ensure assets and liabilities are correctly recorded.
- Working with the business to complete the annual budget and quarterly/monthly forecasting.
- Identify and communicate any risks and opportunities to the budget / forecast. Manage and develop (where required) your direct reports.
- Particular stakeholders in this area are the Board (MD, Ops Director, Manufacturing director).
- Audit and tax pack preparation and ensure audit requests are met in a timely manner with audit target dates met to enable final statutory accounts sign off.
- Management of the cashflow both from a cash optimisation view, low level of aged debt and accuracy of cashflow forecasting.
- This includes management of customer credit limits and insurance and working with the business to find acceptable proposals for customers who cannot obtain insurance.
- Review and management of tax returns including RCT, CIS and VAT.
- Experience of RDec claims would be useful.
- Business partnering: Part of the senior management team to appraise and advise on business improvements, capital investments.
- Finance management tasks associated with stock / manufacturing including recovery analysis, costings and overseeing and reporting variances on monthly stock cycle counts.
- Review of payroll and expenses on a weekly basis, ensuring all tax legislation is adhered to before passing to group payroll function.
- Attend regular IT meetings actively highlighting any financial impacts of proposed changes.
- Leading a cross-functional team to educate and improve performance using latest IT technology ( AI)
- Any ad hoc requirements associated with financial control of the business.
Type of person
Qualified or QBE. Ideally with at least 3 years minimum post-qualification experience. Has been in management/supervisory positions for at least 5 years. Experience working in 'industry' is preferred but not necessarily required. Takes responsibility for the accuracy of reporting and communication of risks and opportunities.