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Financial Controller - £50-60k

Employer
Colpac
Location
Bedfordshire, Eastern England, United Kingdom
Salary
Competitive Salary
Closing date
Nov 25, 2020

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Job Role
Controller
Sector
Finance
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Focused on sustainability with our extensive range of recyclable and compostable products, we design and manufacture innovative food packaging solutions here in the UK, exporting to over 60 countries worldwide.
We're looking for a Financial Controller to support the Financial Director. This role can be worked flexibly, including partly from home.
Main activities
* Partner senior management in making critical business decisions and planning to ensure business growth and long-term success.
* Drive the Company's financial planning by gathering, analysing and presenting key financial data regarding the Company's performance and risks for internal use in a timely way, retaining constant awareness of the Company's financial position and acting to prevent problems.
* Continually improve internal accounting control policies, procedures and IT systems.
* Coordinate responsibilities and activities with Cost Accountant.
Key elements
* Determine what information is needed by management and explain numbers to non-financial managers in a way they can understand and action.
* Take a financial lead with Financial Director in departmental and inter-departmental meetings.
* Gather and analyse financial information for corporate accounting, including preparing and publishing a timely monthly management pack to support the Financial Director with narrative and commentary on:
* budgets;
* variances;
* forecasts;
* risks identified - providing insightful and commercial analysis to minimise and manage risks, suggesting improvements.
* Support budgeting and funding activities.
* Explain to management the financial consequences of business decisions, including advising on the financial implications of projects.
* Monitor spending and financial controls.
* Ensure quality control and compliance through conducting internal business audits, developing and documenting business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.
* As MIS super user, empower others to maximise value driven from MIS, suggesting updates and improvements for accounting systems.
* Support month-end and year-end close process.
* Fixed asset register maintenance.
* Act as Data Controller as per Data Protection Act.
* Deputise for the Financial Director as directed by the CEO.
What you need to succeed
*
* Qualified accountant, ideally from a manufacturing background.
* Proven significant recent and relevant experience as a management accountant in a commercial SME environment, demonstrating thorough knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
* Excellent knowledge and application of financial and accounting software, MS Office and experience of MIS and/or ERP systems, demonstrating exceptional mathematical mind combined with a strong business orientation.
* Can demonstrate ability to assume responsibility of management accounting tasks, being both a strategist and a decision maker, highly organised, methodical and adaptable to fast-changing priorities.
* Excellent critical thinker, researcher and problem solver with high attention to detail and accuracy.
* Excellent communication skills, both in writing and interpersonally, to liaise with and influence appropriately all levels of employees, management, customers, suppliers, auditors and other key stakeholders.
* Deep understanding and application of data privacy standards.
* Previous significant and successful project management experience in implementing new financial systems an advantage.
* Highly reliable person with honesty and integrity.
Interested? Please email us your CV

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