Overview
Divisional Director - Medlock Partners (Specialist in Senior Finance Appointments)
Reports to: Finance Director
Location: Lancashire
Following a recent restructure, Medlock Partners are exclusively partnering our client, a rapidly expanding and successful SME business based in the Chorley area, as they look to appoint a qualified and technically competent Financial Controller.
Managing a high performing and established finance function and reporting to a Finance Director, the Financial Controller will manage day-to-day financial output and support a number of business-critical projects, including the integration of a new finance system.
Base pay range — Direct message the job poster from Medlock Partners
Responsibilities
* Responsibility for all day-to-day accounting operations of the Group
* Preparation of the Group’s budgets and financial forecasting and reporting of any variances
* Preparing and publishing all management accounts for the trading subsidiaries with support from the Management Accountants
* Documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain internal controls
* Overseeing the management of cash flow, debt and debt collection
* Supervising and managing the finance team of 10, with 3 direct reports
* Overseeing the audit process and liaising with external stakeholders, including managing the relationship with the Bank
* Support the business with the financial strategy and decision-making processes
* Presenting reports to senior executives and board members
* Ensure that the regulatory requirements of all statutory bodies are met
Key skills and experience
* A qualified accountant, with experience of delivering management accounts
* IT literate, with advanced Excel skills
* Sound knowledge of financial and operational controls
* Dynamic self-starter who enjoys the challenge of multitasking
* Excellent people management skills; able to collaborate with other departments and present financial information to a non-financial audience
* Highly numerate and commercially minded, with strong strategic planning skills
* Adept at seeing tasks through to completion
* Inquisitive and detail-oriented
The ideal candidate will be a confident, ambitious ACCA/ACA or CIMA qualified Accountant with strong management experience. You will report to a highly impressive Finance Director who will offer full support and autonomy and join a business that is on an exciting growth journey.
Candidates operating at Financial Manager level looking for their first step into a Financial Controller role will also be considered.
Priding themselves on their business culture and “investment in people” ethos, this is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking for a role that will give them full support and autonomy from the outset.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Accounting/Auditing
Industries
* Professional Services
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