Financial Controller Manager

Heres a great opportunity for an ambitious Financial Controller/ Manager to join our fast paced but friendly team based in Reading on a 12 month FTC.

Reporting into the Finance Director you will be responsible for the oversight of day to day financial operations of the accounting department including all reporting financial administration and improving organizational processes and procedures across the board within the accounting function. To ensure all financial information is kept uptodate for compliance with statutory and business requirements.

As a candidate you will also be responsible providing managerial support to the wider team including : credit controllers accounts payable clerks cashiers accounts assistants and the assistant management accountant.

As an organisation we are currently operating on a Hybrid model therefore the successful candidate will need to be able to commit to attending to our offices in Reading 2 days per week.

As Financial Controller you will be responsible for:

• Supervise coach appraise and develop all direct and indirect reports in the finance team
• Reconciling all balance sheet accounts and creating month end timetable and back up specs
• Running the monthly management accounts reporting on the P&L
• Carrying out VAT returns
• Creating operational reporting/ assisting with the set up of PowerBi reporting
• Support for the team during ERP upgrade and assist assistant FM in driving UAT
• Critically review team processes and suggest improvements

You will have the following skills and experience:

• 3 years of experience working in a similar role
• NVQ level 3 or above in accounting or equivalent professional qualification such as AAT/ ACCA or CIMA
• Strong Microsoft office skills particularly Excel (formulae pivot tables etc.)
• Experience with integrated ERP systems
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to present ideas in a clear meaningful appropriate and timely manner in both written and verbal formats.
• Proactive selfassured positive drive and selfmotivated
• The ability to build strong working relationships across and array of stakeholders across the business.
• Have a desire to lead others toward achieving business goals. Being a flexible leader assisting with building the organizations future capabilities. Inspire others by communicating an energizing and compelling vision and stimulating others to higher performance by investing time and energy in developing others.

• Knowledge of VAT regulations for the relevant industry
• Knowledge SRA rules
• Managerial experience

Contractual benefits

• 25 days annual leave
• Pension scheme with a 4% employer contribution and 4% employee contribution
• Life Assurance 5 x final salary
• Shopping discounts and Medicash

Non contractual benefits include (Pro Rata)

• Weekly wellbeing hour
• Birthday off
• 1 x 8 hour charity day
• Bring your dog to work
• Travel season ticket loan scheme
• Cycle to work scheme