Financial Controller

Giordani Resourcing; England; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Giordani Resourcing is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to support the CFO in a hands-on, broad finance role. The position covers month-end close, management accounts, journals, balance sheet reconciliation, and audit support.

Ideal candidates will be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with a strong accounting background and advanced Excel skills. The role is hybrid, interacting across multiple countries and teams.

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA) with strong technical accounting background.
• Hands-on leader capable of managing a small finance operations team.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and schedules for CFO review.
• Own month-end close for assigned areas and support year-end close.
• Post month-end journals including accruals, prepayments and depreciation.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts and maintain ledger integrity.
• Oversee a small finance team and ensure timely ledger transactions.
• Support budgeting, forecasting and variance analysis.
• Assist with external audit schedules and year-end information.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Strong communication

Education

ACA qualification

ACCA qualification

CIMA qualification

Tools

Microsoft 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:

• Preparation of 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.
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts
• Oversee the integrity and timeliness of all 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.