Financial Controller

• Manage the payroll function ensuring efficient systems, processes, and controls.
• Oversee the external audit, review and analyse results, and recommend for approval the audited financial statements.
• Prepare the financial section of the annual report.
• Oversee the cash management function, including banking relationships.
• Ensure the company is compliant with all internal policies and relevant regulations and ensure filings are completed in a timely manner.
• Oversee the groups pension scheme.
• Oversee monthly payroll, pensions, and VAT.

• Supervise Accounting Office staff.
• Provide appropriate career building and professional development activities to ensure a climate of growth for all employee groups.
• Consider future opportunities for staff.
• Ensure dept training folders / documentation is kept up to date by the team for each financial job role.

• Responsible for maintaining and developing relationships with external professional Advisors, Bankers, Auditors, Insurers, Property Management, Pension, Security, Energy, Grant, Tax and Legal Advisors

• Develop cash flow forecasting and maintain a long-term cash forecast.
• Responsible for the management of the insurance and risk management program.
• Oversee the annual insurance renewal process and ensure appropriate coverage is reviewed, updated as necessary to reflect the changing needs of the business in conjunction with the Commercial Director.
• Review finance of preferred vendors.

• Focus on improving working capital, particularly the stock systems, investment appraisal, and strengthening internal controls.
• Improved credit control, debtor, and retention collection.

• Ensure the team delivers the highest standard of departmental and cross-departmental teamwork.
• Develop finance and accounting team goals that are fully aligned with the company goals.
• Lead and coach the team to recruit and retain high-calibre staff.
• Provide coaching, guidance, and support; set professional development plans to assist employees in reaching their full potential through the performance management process.

• Fortnightly meetings with the Managing Director to ensure monthly and quarterly sales forecasts are achieved.
• Present Rolling profit and cash-flow forecasts, analysis vs. budgets/prior periods.
• Present monthly detailed margin reporting enabling early identification of variances and critical issues.
• Present monthly and year-to-date financials with accompanying analysis of results.
• Preparation of the monthly management accounts, quarterly board pack, and ad hoc reports for the shareholders and Directors.
• Produce monthly labour utilisation reports enabling accurate information on gross margins and employment costs.
• Present customer and product profitability analysis in a consistent and clear manner to enable the business to have full clarity over revenues and profitability across different revenue streams.
• Review and develop regular reporting and analysis, including key metrics reports, and conduct hoc financial analysis as required.
• Ensure financial management reporting tools and processes are in place to support the ongoing and future needs of the business.

• Analyse and review sales budgets and activities, supporting the strategic business plan.

• Key responsibility for liaising with external IT and cyber security providers.

• Ensure the smooth day-to-day running of gas, electric, phones, and rent.
• Manage utilities to ensure cost-effective and efficient operations within the current market.
• Ensure company insurance is always current and valid.
• Manage and maintain documents for all lease contracts/buildings
• Keep records of key holders and ensure all "site" keys are kept securely.
• Ensure alarm details are current and available to management.
• Negotiating the best rates for rental, rates, utility payments with supply chain partners.
• Manage contract with onsite Security providers and review the service provided annually.
• Look after the plastic packaging tax.
• Look after the asset register.
• Write reports in Sage.
• Must have used Sage/Sage 50.

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