Finance Controller- Alcester area - £40,000 – £50,000 depending on experience
Arden Personnel are supporting a successful, family-feel SME, to recruit a hands-on Financial Controller who can take ownership of the day-to-day finance function while acting as a trusted right hand to the leadership team.
This is not a “big team, lots of layers” finance role — it’s ideal for someone who’s used to being the person people come to, who can keep the numbers tight, the cash flowing, and still jump in on payroll, VAT, or a board pack when needed.
What will my day to day duties be for this Finance Controller role?
You’ll have broad responsibility for the finance function, including:
Sales Ledger & Credit Control
Daily cash postings and allocations
Customer statements and credit control
Setting up new customer accounts
Raising machine deposit invoices
Debtors control
Bank & Cash Management
Daily bank reconciliations
Direct debit processing
Cash book
Managing investment and loan accounts
Cashflow forecasting and cash management
Purchase Ledger
Supporting the Accounts Assistant
Checking and authorising purchase invoices
Authorising payment runs
Creditors control
Management Accounting & Reporting
Customer deposit control
Accruals and prepayments
Stock and WIP reconciliations
Slow moving stock analysis
Depreciation
Service contract control
Trial balance and monthly management accounts
Monthly service reports
Preparation of finance board pack and attending finance meetings
Other finance/admin
Managing the Sage accounting system (month and year-end)
Protean month ends
Payroll – monthly and year-end
P11Ds
Quarterly VAT returns
Annual audit pack
Liaison with IT/telephony providers where it relates to finance systems
What skills and experience do I need for this Finance Controller role?
Because this is an SME, we need someone who is:
Used to a standalone or small-team environment – you’re comfortable being the “go-to” person for finance
Confidential and commercially aware – able to handle sensitive information and support leadership with decision-making
Practical and hands-on – as happy doing reconciliations as you are presenting management accounts
Flexible – and will get the same flexibility back, reflecting the company culture
Qualified by experience – You do not need to be formally qualified, as long as you can clearly demonstrate experience doing this level of work
What’s on offer for this Finance Controller role?
Salary benchmarked up to £50k per annum depending on experience
Stable, friendly SME environment with a family feel
Autonomy to run the finance function
Direct access to the leadership team and the opportunity to influence
Flexibility
25 days holiday plus bank holidays
If you’re an experienced, all-round Financial Controller who likes owning the numbers, improving processes and being a trusted sounding board to the business, send your CV to Arden Personnel and we’ll talk you through the setup.
Interested?
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Arden Personnel is a local independent recruitment agency with offices in Alcester, Warwickshire and Redditch, Worcestershire.
We recruit for companies based in Alcester, Evesham, Bidford-on-Avon, Stratford-upon-Avon, Henley-in-Arden, Leamington Spa, Redditch, Bromsgrove, and Studley.
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