Sharp Consultancy are pleased to announce our continued working relationship with one of Barnsley's top service SMEs on a brand-new assignment for a Financial Controller. This business has a strong foothold within the South Yorkshire service industry and have experienced significant organic growth over the past 12 months - almost doubling their annual turnover. This is a rare opportunity for an SME business to propose a significant level of investment into the right individual, developing them into a more senior position whilst leading month-end procedures.
As Financial Controller, you will be reporting directly into the Managing Director and liaising closely with the Operations Director. The role will have a predominant focus on the development of existing systems, the full production of management accounts and creating a 13-week rolling cash-flow forecast whilst supporting the development of the wider team.
This opportunity would be suitable for a qualified individual who has recent experience of working as a Management Accountant or Finance Manager, looking to extend their career into a Financial Controller role with a more hands-on approach. The business is looking to develop this role into a more senior position and can also offer a discretionary bonus scheme and flexible working arrangements.
Duties will include:
* Acting as overall finance lead within the business
* Supporting the development of 2 junior team members
* Full production of monthly management accounts
* Stakeholder management including operations
* Month end close including posting journals, running the systems updates and closing sales, purchase and nominal ledgers
* Development of financial systems, processes and controls
* Production of budgets & forecasts
* Weekly payroll calculations, inputs and payments
* Cash management of daily / weekly cash flow
* Ensure taxation compliance is completed on a weekly and monthly basis and annual returns to HMRC are completed in a timely manner
* Acting as a key point of contact to support Audit process
Person Specification:
* ACA / ACCA / CIMA Qualified
* Previous experience of managing a team
For further information or a private and confidential conversation either for this specific opportunity or your personal job search please contact Emma Berry or Jack Curtis on 0114 261 1700 or 07496 364678.
Candidates must be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. To apply please send your CV, quoting our reference and specifying which website you saw this position advertised on. Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore if we have not responded to your application within seven days please note that on this occasion your application has not been successful.
Sharp Consultancy is a finance and accountancy recruitment specialist assisting accounting and finance divisions of businesses in the Yorkshire and Derbyshire area. With over 30 years' experience we pride ourselves on sourcing excellent finance professionals across all divisions of an accounts function, from finance administrators through to senior Finance Director appointments. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy jobs or accountancy recruitment; finance jobs or finance recruitment.
