Financial Controller - Lead Growth & Reporting

Benjamin Edwards; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Award-winning team

High growth

Half-day finish Friday

Supportive culture

Expansion and projects

Job summary

Benjamin Edwards is recruiting an experienced Financial Controller to join an established and successful business in Lincolnshire. This permanent, office-based role will see you own weekly financial reporting, drive process improvements, and lead a five-person finance team.

You will report to the Head of Finance and partner with operational teams to deliver timely, accurate financial information. The ideal candidate will have ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification and proven experience across management

Qualifications

• ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
• Strong management accounts and statutory reporting experience.
• Experience with year-end accounts and working closely with external auditors.
• Strong balance sheet reconciliation and financial control experience.
• Good understanding of cash flow forecasting, budgeting and forecasting.
• Experience of improving financial processes and reporting.
• Strong Excel and financial systems skills.
• Previous experience managing or developing finance team members.
• The confidence to challenge information and work effectively with senior stakeholders.
• A 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

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Management accounts

Statutory reporting

Cash flow forecasting

Budgeting

Excel

Finance team leadership

Financial controls

External auditors liaison

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification

Tools

Financial systems

Job description

Benjamin Edwards is recruiting an experienced Financial Controller to join an established and successful business in Lincolnshire. This permanent, office-based role will see you own weekly financial reporting, drive process improvements, and lead a five-person finance team.

You will report to the Head of Finance and partner with operational teams to deliver timely, accurate financial information. The ideal candidate will have ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualification and proven experience across management