Financial Controller

Giordani Resources; England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Giordani Resources, an international specialist engineering business, seeks an experienced Financial Controller to back the CFO. This hands-on role covers monthly management accounts, month-end close, journals, and balance sheet management for a small finance team.

The ideal candidate is ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified, with advanced Excel, strong technical accounting, and clear cross-border communication. Hybrid working is available.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant with strong technical accounting background.
• Advanced Excel skills essential.
• Confident communicator across multiple countries.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for CFO review.
• Own assigned areas of month-end and year-end close.
• Prepare and post month-end journals including accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Prepare and reconcile balance sheet accounts.
• Oversee integrity and timeliness of ledger transactions, managing a small team.
• Control month-end journal postings including WIP, prepayments and accruals.
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register.
• Support budgeting and forecasting (P&L and variance analysis).
• Assist year-end close and schedules for external audit.

Skills

Financial reporting

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Excel

Education

ACCA/ACA/CIMA qualified

Tools

Excel

Job description

An international specialist engineering business is looking for an experienced Financial Controller to support their CFO. This will be a hands-on role with a broad range of responsibilities including management of financial reporting and accounting operations.

More specifically, the role will cover:

• Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for review by the CFO on review and finalisation
• Take ownership of assigned areas of the month-end and year-end close
• Prepare and post month-end journals, including accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Prepare and reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Oversee the integrity and timeliness of ledger transactions, managing a small team
• Control of month end journal posting including WIP, prepayments, accruals etc
• Maintain the Fixed Asset Register
• Support the annual budgeting and forecasting process including P&L and variance analysis
• Support the year-end close and preparation of supporting schedules for external audit requirements

We are looking for a talented, qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA) who has a strong technical accounting background who can take ownership of a small finance operations team. An advanced user of Microsoft Excel is essential as this is used extensively. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail are important personal competencies. You must be a confident, articulate communicator to interact across multiple countries and be willing to be hands on when required. Hybrid working is available.