Financial Controller

Survitec Group Limited; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading safety solutions provider in Dunmurry is seeking a Financial Controller. The role involves building a strong accounting team, ensuring compliance with financial legislation, and driving process improvements. Candidates should have a university degree, be a qualified accountant, and possess at least 4 years of relevant experience in finance. This position offers an opportunity to lead in a dynamic environment focused on continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years of relevant experience in finance.
• 1 year of experience supervising staff.
• Ability to build and lead a finance team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accuracy of accounting records and compliance with legislation.
• Drive financial processes and improvements.
• Manage budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting.

Skills

Accountability

Decision Making

Communication

Collaboration

Problem Solving

Financial Analysis

Education

University Degree

Qualified Accountant

Job description

Financial Controller

LOCATION: Dunmurry - Grange House

EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Permanent

JOB DESCRIPTION

Shared Services Finance Controller

Finance

This family develops, refines and implements the financial policies, plans, measures and controls to safeguard and accurately report on the financial results of the business

Job Summary

This role reports to the shared services Manager Record to Report. It is responsible for building a strong accounting team within shared services, delivering a strong control framework and driving financial process improvement. This role focuses on understanding the challenges facing the business, providing reporting and financial analysis to support managers to address those challenges and proactively improve the business

Duties and responsibilities

• Provides assurance to Survitec business and Finance leadership that the accounting records of all assigned local entities are accurate and complete, ensuring compliance with local market financial legislation and guidance

• Implements the global Survitec control framework, driving effective development and maintenance of financial controls

• Manages and coordinates the monthly budgeting, forecasting and reporting process to deliver a high quality monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting service to the business

• Ensures the business meets all its financial statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax requirements

• Ensures all required payroll documents for third party payroll supplier are provided in accurately and in a timely manner. Works effectively with third party service provider to resolve any issues and ensure continuity of service

• Support the leadership team to grow the business by providing appropriate financial strategies and plans. Collaborates with the business to improve finance processes and compliance, understand root cause of issues, investigate budget variance and formulate recovery plans

• Contributes to the development and delivery of financial policies, guidelines, and protocols to ensure the company complies with regulations and good financial practice. Ensures application of these through a positive, proactive, thorough and disciplined approach in the Finance team

• Provide appropriate challenge to the business, holding managers and leaders to account for meeting their financial commitments and responsibilities

• Leads, coaches and develops an engaged and motivated finance team towards a high-performance culture of continuous improvement

• Develops own capabilities through participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching. Develops and maintains an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices

• Identifies instances of non-compliance with Survitec's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting, escalating and addressing as appropriate

• Creates an environment where everyone in the team can live the Survitec Values

• Contributes positively to creating an inclusive environment where our people feel valued, appreciated and free to be who they are at work

• Understands, upholds and contributes to creating a safety-first culture within Survitec. Ensures a safe and healthy working environment

Skills

• Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments

• Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance Survitec's goals

• Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems

• Makes good and timely decisions that keep Survitec moving forward

• Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences

• Plans and prioritises work to meet commitments aligned with Survitec goals

• Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

• Applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance Survitec's goals

• Makes good and timely decisions that keep Survitec moving forward

• Interprets and applies key financial indicators to make better business decisions

• Anticipates and adopts innovations in business digital and technology applications

Values

Drives safety culture

• Is a reliable source of reference on relevant safety standards and where these standards are at risk. Provides important insight into the root cause and corrective actions for such safety risks and issues. Raises issues and highlights own mistakes without fear to improve safety and wellbeing of self and others

Demonstrates commitment to delivering real value and confidence to our customers

• Understands the importance of being the representative of both internal and external customers. Demonstrates respect for those customers and is open and transparent about the delivery of service - only promises what they can deliver and delivers what they promise

We care for our people, investing in the development of teams and individuals

• Understands own role within the team and takes accountability for delivery - is good at closing out actions and proactively asks for help when issues arise. Communicates appropriately, shares knowledge (coaching, mentoring and supporting others to develop skills as appropriate). Works collaboratively with own team and others to meet business goals

• Takes time to listen and treats others with dignity, accepting and respecting other people's points of view or individuality. Understands how own behaviours impact others.

We aim for excellence in everything we do

• Takes personal responsibility for ensuring excellence, getting the task done on time and to the right standard. Consistently achieves targets, even when timescales are tight

• Committed and passionate about continuous improvement, looking to solve problems and avoid workarounds. Takes initiative and acts with confidence

We seek to innovate at every opportunity

• Takes an entrepreneurial approach to change, being comfortable and willing to try out new methods, processes, ways of working or techniques to make improvements

• Takes time to understand and explain the rationale for change to support the understanding of self and others

We act with integrity

• Acts in accordance with Survitec Values, especially in situations when it is difficult to do so

• Represents self and Survitec in an ethical manner that engenders trust from colleagues, customers and external regulators (Refer to Survitec Code of Conduct for further information and examples)

Experience and qualification

Educated to University (degree) level and a qualified accountant

4 years of job-related experience in own area of expertise, operating to fully competent level

1 year of experience supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within short- to mid-term timescales