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Financial Controller

Transparent Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Basildon Full-time GBP 80,000 – 85,000
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Are you a qualified finance professional who has gained experience as a Financial Controller from a Group background? Would you like the opportunity to continue to develop as a finance professional as the business continues on its journey of growth?

Transparent is proud to support a well-established and highly successful business with this key piece of recruitment. This represents a fantastic opportunity for someone who wants to truly add value.

The business is highly acquisitive across the globe and has many exciting projects in the pipeline so this is an ideal time for a proactive and driven individual to join. Someone who can demonstrate solid achievements during their career; someone who enjoys improving systems and processes for the good of the wider business.

Reporting into the Finance Director of this acquisitive and forward-thinking business, your duties will include the following:

  • Providing leadership on financial control matters within the UK group and support across the wider international group

  • Leading and managing a team of 8, including overheads, reporting, purchase ledger, payroll

  • Budgeting and cash flow forecasting

  • Preparing UK management accounts and financial information for a wide range of stakeholders

  • Consolidating international group accounts

  • Acting as a Business Partner during new acquisition exercises

  • Working with board member on various projects

  • Liaising with staff across all office locations to ensure operational control and best practice

  • Working with the finance team to ensure an efficient external audit

  • Providing sound financial support to maximise commercial performance

  • Implement new IT system

This role will evolve as the business continues to grow, which will result in providing further opportunity for you to develop and progress in the future.

The person:

  • Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)

  • Experience working in multi-entity and multi-currency environment

  • Highly motivated and dynamic in character

  • Tenacious personality with the ability to influence other stakeholders

  • Good Excel skills and previous systems upgrade/implementation exposure

  • Strong technical accounting skills, with a particular emphasis on lease accounting

  • Open to occasional travel within the UK

In return, our client offers a competitive base salary, company car, company-wide profit-related bonus scheme, company pension, life insurance, private healthcare cover, employee-assistance program for mental health and 23 days annual leave + Bank Holidays, plus birthday leave.

If this sounds like the opportunity you have been waiting for, please contact Samantha Harris for further information.

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