Financial Controller
Leicester
Full Time, Permanent
£65,000 - £70,000
SF Recruitment are exclusively partnering an exciting Manufacturing business in their search for a Financial Controller. Our client is an SME Manufacturing business on the outskirts of Leicester City Centre with free on-site parking. As the Financial Controller you will be the Site Finance Lead & be a key part of the Management Team reporting to the European Finance Director - A key aspect of the position will be focused on improving financial control within group guidelines, overseeing all aspects of financial reporting and providing business partnering, commercial support and financial analysis for the site management team to help drive the business forward.
The ideal Financial Controller will be a fully qualified accountant & have experience working within an SME & manufacturing business.
Responsibilities of the Financial Controller:
- Managing a small finance team and overseeing the finances of the business
- Maintain and develop current systems to support the smooth running of the company finances and to support the manufacturing operation
- Act as a key business partner to the management team supporting decisions on, but not limited to, pricing, performance vs budget/forecast, purchasing decisions to support stock control or margin enhancement and developing/maintaining KPI's to help drive the business forward
- Preparation of monthly management accounts to include but not limited to sales and margins by product group, margin variance analysis, overhead analysis, regional sales analysis, sales by customer analysis, order book analysis, balance sheet analysis and reconciliations, cashflow reporting and working capital management
- Preparation of budgets and quarterly forecasts to include but not limited to Sales and margins by product group, Overhead analysis, balance sheet and cashflow budget/forecast
- Prepare monthly cashflow forecasts
- Prepare weekly sales and order book analysis
- Prepare and process the monthly salaries payroll, submitting all relevant documentation and payments to HMRC
- Deal with all VAT submissions necessary ensuring all items are reconciled.
- Deal with all any regulatory statistical submissions as necessary
- Prepare annual accounts, liaising with auditors and group to provide all required analysis in relation to audit and tax
- Prepare required information for invoice discounting provider which includes account reconciliations, dealing with audits
This is position is office based.