Job Description
Your new company
Our client, a leading manufacturing business and supplier to an impressive client base, has a job opportunity for a qualified Financial Controller for one of their high-profile sites in Glasgow.
Your new role
Reporting to the Finance Director, you will be the most senior finance person on site and will be a key part of the wider senior management team.Key responsibilities will be varied and include:
* Leading the strategic direction of the business as part of the Senior Management team.
* Managing and developing a team of 5+ support staff, including conducting annual appraisals, identifying training needs, and setting KPIs.
* Maintaining and developing financial and operational controls to ensure accurate reporting.
* Understanding overall business processes and their impact on financial performance.
* Ensuring all transactions are accurately recorded and reflected in financial ledgers.
* Producing accurate, timely, and meaningful financial information for business management.
* Setting, reviewing, and monitoring key performance indicators across operational and commercial areas.
* Reviewing and maintaining balance sheet controls, including full reconciliations.
* Preparing and presenting weekly and monthly management accounts and reports.
* Overseeing annual accounts and liaising with internal and external auditors.
* Ensuring IT systems development meets business needs and provides necessary controls.
What you'll need to succeed
* The ideal candidate will be a qualified accountant with experience of working in a similar Financial Controller role, ideally within the manufacturing sector with proven experience of influencing profitability.
* You will possess a successful track record in budget delivery and be commercially aware with experience of balancing short, medium, and long-term business goals, developing best practice models and making consistent, decisive decisions.
* You will be a highly effective communicator with exceptional leadership skills coupled with experience in customer and senior stakeholder relationships at a strategic level.
What you'll get in return
The opportunity to be an influential member of a high-performing senior management team and to lead and support the strategic direction of a growing business with an impressive client portfolio. A varied business and customer-facing role where you will influence key decision-makingA generous salary and benefits package including private healthcare, pension and Bonus
What you need to do now
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