Financial Controller (Warrington & Surrounding areas)

The Part-Time Finance People; Warrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

The Part-Time Finance People are seeking a part-time Financial Controller to lead the finance function for client businesses in the Warrington area. The role is for a self-employed professional on a two‑day‑per‑week basis, onsite in Warrington and surrounding areas.

You will manage budgets, cashflow and forecasting, produce management accounts, and lead a small team while implementing robust financial controls and delivering insightful, commercial reporting to senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced Financial Controller with SME experience.
• Self-employed availability of at least 2 days per week.
• Ability to lead a small finance team and implement controls.

Responsibilities

• Lead finance function and provide commercial insights.
• Manage and develop a small finance team.
• Oversee budgets, cashflow, forecasting and controls.
• Present financial information to non-financial stakeholders.

Skills

Management accounts

Balance sheet

Budgets

Cashflow

Forecasting

Xero

Team leadership

Financial controls

Year-end processes

Excel (pivot, sumifs, graphs)

Financial presentations

ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/FCCA/ICAEW or QBE

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/ICAEW

QBE (5+ years)

Tools

Xero

Job description

Part-time Financial Controller role - Warrington & Surrounding areas

About the role:

The role is to work with our clients in their business, this could be within a variety of industries including professional services, manufacturing, retail/wholesale, construction, technology or media. The basics in the finance function are covered but there is a need for an experienced and commercially-minded Financial Controller to lead the finance function and help move the business forward, on a part-time basis.

About You:

You should be a qualified and experienced Financial Controller with experience working in growing SMEs. Ideally, you are already self-employed and available quickly with at least 2 days of availability per week.

Your expertise should include:

• management accounts
• balance sheet reconciliations
• budgets, cashflow and profit forecasting
• experience and working knowledge of Xero
• experience of managing and leading a small team
• experienced in assessing and implementing appropriate financial controls
• year-end processes (but not statutory accounts)
• experienced excel user including pivots, sumifs and graphs
• proficiency in presenting financial and commercial information to non-financial leaders
• you must be fully qualified (ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/FCCA/ICAEW) or QBE (5+ years) with experience managing a finance team.

As this role is two days a week (self employed basis) it could work alongside other client work

Rate of pay: £35 per hour

Location: Warrington & Surrounding areas - Onsite 2 days p/week

About Us:

The Part-Time Finance People are passionate about helping business owners have more successful businesses and feel happier. As an accounting firm we want to provide a different, and more commercial type of accounting support to SME businesses.

Our focus is to enable businesses to make more cash, more profit at lower business risk through better decision making and financial management of the business - simples!!

Over the last 17 years we've proudly supported hundreds of finance professionals to succeed in their portfolio career - please get in touch to find out more about us and the role we have.

Find out more about us here - https://theparttimefinancepeople.recruitee.com

Note: Our values promote a diverse, supportive, and inclusive work environment. We welcome different perspectives to drive innovation and build talented teams, encouraging everyone to reach their full potential.

We cannot offer sponsorship to overseas workers.

A minimum of 2 years of UK-based experience as a Financial Controller is required to apply. Thank you.