Location: Welwyn Garden City
Hybrid Working – Working from home with a minimum of 5 days per month in the office.
Full time – Permanent.
Salary: £60,000-65,000, depending on experience.
Overview
Reporting into the Financial Controller (Urban, Prop Services & DCUK), you will lead a finance team and manage key financial processes and reporting for DCUK.
Responsibilities
Management Accounts
* Accurate reporting of Financial and non-Financial metrics for month‑end in line with Rentokil Initial group guidelines, including journal preparation, approval and revenue recognition.
* Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed, investigating and resolving reconciling items.
* Prepare management presentations to explain month‑end performance and attend monthly business reviews with senior executives.
* Deliver all key reports including P&Ls, transactional reports and balance sheet reconciliations.
* Oversee short‑range financial planning – monthly forecast process.
* Complete long‑range financial planning – annual budgeting for DCUK, ensuring a bottom‑up process and meeting group reporting deadlines.
Financial Accounts
* Manage and ensure a clean external audit each year with audit partners.
* Prepare the annual statutory accounts for the two DCUK entities.
* Work with the RI Group secretariat and group financial accounts team to meet all statutory deadlines.
* Prepare and submit accurate VAT returns within HMRC time‑frame rules.
* Ensure VAT accounts are correct and reconciled.
Credit Control Management
* Lead and manage the DCUK credit control team.
* Accurate reporting of DSO and other credit control metrics.
* Establish necessary controls to guarantee accurate performance reporting.
* Assist headcount reporting to accurately allocate and report all headcount and related costs.
* Work proactively to close any control issues raised.
* Investigate and propose solutions to any control issues that arise during the year.
* Investigate all drivers of business performance and understand how results are generated.
* Drive efficiency and accuracy through the team, standardising analysis and processes.
Pricing
* Own and update the costing sheet used for new business and tenders.
* Review costing sheets submitted by operations.
* Ensure accurate margin reporting of project costings.
Payroll
* Review and oversee the weekly payroll of DCUK.
* Manage and track all variable pay elements for DCUK, including private mileage.
Analysis & Ad‑Hoc
* Develop and manage the DCUK finance team.
* Provide detailed support to Operating Areas to help them understand performance.
* Support the Financial Controller and senior executives on projects and ad‑hoc assignments.
* Support the Operations Director (DCUK) on data and decision making.
Requirements
* Recent finance management experience.
* Strong Excel skills.
* Accuracy and attention to detail.
* Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment.
* Drive and motivation.
* Fully qualified ACCA, CIMA or ACA accreditation.
* Navision/Business Central experience (desirable).
Benefits
* Competitive basic salary.
* Company bonus scheme.
* Rentokil rewards scheme (cashback and discounts).
* Salary grading system linked to performance.
* Job stability.
* Company pension.
Rentokil Initial is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to creating a diverse working environment.
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