Hands-On Financial Controller: Systems & Team Lead

South Lakes Housing; Chadderton; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

NEST workplace pension

Office-based role

Job summary

Future Directions CIC in Chadderton is seeking a hands-on Financial Controller to run the organisation’s core accounting and payroll cycles while helping to modernise its systems, develop its people and improve financial insight for managers.

You will lead the finance and payroll teams, work with the Director of Finance and shape the finance systems roadmap as Sage 50 is phased out, ensuring strong controls and timely reporting.

Qualifications

• End-to-end ownership of month end and management accounts within a charity/SME or similar organisation.
• Experience implementing or improving a finance, payroll, workforce or other business-critical system.
• Strong Excel and data-handling skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the preparation of annual accounts and coordinate the statutory audit.
• Oversee Accounts Payable, Sales Ledger, credit control, cash and bank, and payroll.
• Improve management information to provide clearer insight into services and contracts.
• Collaborate with operational managers on staffing costs, forecasts and costing.

Skills

End-to-end month end ownership

Excel skills

Financial systems

Data handling

People development

Education

ACA/ACCA/CIMA

Tools

Sage 50

Job description

Future Directions CIC in Chadderton is seeking a hands-on Financial Controller to run the organisation’s core accounting and payroll cycles while helping to modernise its systems, develop its people and improve financial insight for managers.

You will lead the finance and payroll teams, work with the Director of Finance and shape the finance systems roadmap as Sage 50 is phased out, ensuring strong controls and timely reporting.