Financial Controller | Growth Role with Half-Day Fridays

TipTopJob; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Progressive business high growth

Half day finish Friday

Supporting culture

Lots of expansion and projects

Job summary

TipTopJob in Lincoln is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join our established finance team. This office-based role oversees management and statutory reporting, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and year-end processes, while developing a small team.

You will lead the preparation of statutory accounts, liaise with external auditors, and drive improvements across financial reporting and controls. Excellent benefits available.

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Strong management accounts and statutory reporting experience.
• Experience with year-end accounts and external auditors.
• Strong balance sheet reconciliation and financial control.
• Cash flow forecasting, budgeting and forecasting experience.
• Experience improving financial processes and reporting.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Experience managing or developing finance team members.
• Ability to challenge information and work with senior stakeholders.
• Proactive, analytical and continuous-improvement mindset.

Responsibilities

• Taking ownership of weekly financial reporting across the business, ensuring figures are accurate, robust and delivered on time.
• Driving improvements to financial reporting processes, including streamlining spreadsheets and improving data capture.
• Developing trend and variance analysis across key areas of the P&L.
• Taking responsibility for the month:end management accounts process.
• Ensuring balance sheet reconciliations are complete and accurate.
• Reviewing the P&L, balance sheet and cash flow statements and providing clear explanations of material variances against budget and prior year.
• Improving the consistency and accuracy between weekly flash reporting and final month:end results.
• Taking ownership of the year:end statutory accounts process, from year:end close through to statutory accounts preparation.
• Preparing the year:end audit file alongside the wider finance team and acting as the key point of contact for external auditors.
• Overseeing statutory requirements relating to Corporation Tax, VAT and R&D tax.
• Managing other statutory reporting requirements as required.
• Producing and maintaining a detailed rolling 13:week cash flow forecast, incorporating EBITDA, working capital movements and forecast capital expenditure.
• Analysing and explaining variances between forecast and actual cash flow.
• Taking responsibility for the capital expenditure process, including reviewing and challenging investment proposals.
• Monitoring capital expenditure against budget and supporting post:investment appraisal reviews.
• Playing a key role in the six:month reforecasting and annual budgeting processes.
• Leading, coaching and developing a team of five finance professionals.

Skills

Financial reporting

Budgeting

Cash flow forecasting

Auditing support

Team management

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Excel

ERP systems

Accounting software

Job description

TipTopJob in Lincoln is seeking an experienced Financial Controller to join our established finance team. This office-based role oversees management and statutory reporting, cash flow forecasting, budgeting, and year-end processes, while developing a small team.

You will lead the preparation of statutory accounts, liaise with external auditors, and drive improvements across financial reporting and controls. Excellent benefits available.