Financial Controller

We are recruiting for an experienced Financial Controller who will be joining a Solihull based company that offers and installs a comprehensive outdoor surfacing solutions to a wide range of clients including local authorities, residential and commercial developers, nurseries and schools.Working closely with the CEO and as part of the Senior Management Team you will have a varied role that will include :

• Controlling financial systems to ensure accurate recording of income and costs.
• As part of the senior management team working closely with the CEO and Directors assisting with the day-to-day management of the business helping to both develop and implement strategic plans.
• Supporting budget preparation including tracking monthly performance against budgets.
• Completing daily bank reconciliations and processing weekly pay runs.
• Supporting system improvements across the business including purchasing controls.
• Completing quarterly VAT returns.
• Responding to both customer and supplier queries and debt chasing.
• Completing monthly balance sheet reconciliation including prepayments, accruals and salary postings.
• Preparing management accounts.
• Collating and forwarding payroll information.
• Ensuring all sales invoices are processed and meet any customer cut off deadlines.
• Completing monthly CIS returns and CIS balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Credit card reconciliation.
• Managing international orders and payment of the import loans to ensure they are correct tracked and forecasted for cashflow.
• Being responsible for business insurance (renewals, claims and queries) as well as being the subject expert to support and reply to business and office queries.
• Maintaining an up-to-date cashflow forecast which matches current bank balances and forward forecasts of expected cash receipts and payments.
• Assisting in the procurement, establishment and setting up an ERP system.To be considered as the Financial Controller you will need :
• A minimum of 5 years finance experience with at least two years in a leadership of managerial role.
• To be a commercially focused Financial Controller or Finance Manager.
• Experience of driving process improvements within a finance function.
• CIMA / AAT or equivalent qualifications.
• Excellent attention to detail, analytical and numerical skills.
• Sound business knowledge.
• Experience of adapting to the challenges of a growing business and the processes required.
• Experience of QuickBooks would be useful.On offer is :
• The opportunity to be Financial Controller in a truly interesting sector and in a very broad role within a £5M turnover company during what is a continued period of business growth.
• The opportunity to be a part of the senior management team involved in the guiding and management of the business including developing and implementing strategic plans
• A competitive salary of up to £42,000 which is negotiable based on experience