Financial Controller

Marks Sattin; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Job summary

Marks Sattin are partnering with a fast growing business in Nottingham seeking a fully qualified Financial Controller. The role is full time and permanent, offering hybrid working around core hours and a chance to shape a newly created position.

You will lead monthly reporting, year-end processes, and the budgeting/cash flow forecast alongside the CFO, while developing a small team in a private-equity backed environment.

Qualifications

• Must be a fully qualified accountant with 5+ years PQE.
• Experience as a Financial Controller is essential.
• Experience in a PE environment is advantageous but not required.
• Strong stakeholder relationship-building with senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and distribute monthly financial reporting packs with variance analysis.
• Manage year-end process, statutory accounts and filing timelines.
• Own monthly management accounts process and improve controls.
• Support CFO with annual budgeting and cash flow forecasting.
• Lead and develop a small finance team.

Skills

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Cash flow forecasting

Team leadership

Budgeting

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified

Job description

Qualifications: ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified

Are you an East Midlands based, fully qualified accountant with proven Financial Controller experience? Do you envision yourself thriving in a fast paced private-equity backed environment with genuine autonomy and influence?

This might be the role for you.

Marks Sattin are partnering with a fast growing business in Nottingham who are looking for a Financial Controller on a full time, permanent basis. The successful candidate

Why This Role?

• PE backed, profitable environment with impressive and realistic growth plans.
• Hybrid working and flexibility based around core working hours.
• Bonus scheme, private healthcare and benefits package.
• Newly created position, meaning you have the opportunity to shape the role.

Responsibilities Include (but aren\'t limited to)

• Preparing and distributing the monthly financial reporting pack to the CFO and CEO, including variance analysis against budget and prior year.
• Managing the year-end process including the year-end trial balance, coordinating the statutory accounts production and ensuring accounts are filed within the required timeframe.
• Ownership of the monthly management accounts process.
• Maintaining and improving the business’s system of financial controls.
• Supporting the CFO in the annual budgeting process.
• Preparing and maintaining a weekly updated three month cash flow forecast alongside the CFO.
• Managing a small team.

What You Need

• Must be fully qualified accountant, ideally with 5+ years PQE.
• Demonstrable experience in a Financial Controller position.
• Experience in a PE environment would be an advantage, but not essential.
• SME background would be preferred but not essential.
• Ability to build valuable relationships with stakeholders and senior leaders.
• Immediately available candidates or candidates with sub two month notice periods would be at an advantage (but again, not essential).

*Unfortunately due to the nature of this role, all applicants must have full and indefinite rights to work in the UK.*