Financial Controller

Giordani Resources; Guildford; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Giordani Resources is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to support the CFO in a hands-on, international engineering business. You will oversee financial reporting, monthly close, and accounting operations, with responsibility for accuracy and timeliness across the ledger.

Hybrid working is available. You will lead a small finance team, manage month-end and year-end processes, prepare journals, balance sheets, budgeting, forecasting, and liaise with external auditors to ensure compliant

Qualifications

• Qualified accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with strong accounting background.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills are essential.
• Willing to be hands-on and manage a small finance team.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts and supporting schedules for CFO review.
• Take ownership 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 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.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Attention to detail

Communicator

Cross-country collaboration

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

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.