Financial Controller

Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join a locally owned, privately run, and forward-thinking business with ambitious plans and a clear strategy for continued expansion across Europe. The company is well established, with operations in both the UK and Hong Kong, and is experiencing sustained growth.

If you are seeking the opportunity to join a growing and ambitious business, take on a challenging and rewarding finance role, and hold a key leadership position with genuine influence and international exposure, and responsibility for company secretarial matters, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Applicants should ideally bring experience in payroll management, VAT compliance, and a strong commercial and financial skillset.

The role:

Key role responsibilities and duties:

• Overall responsibility for overseeing the processing of sales and purchase ledger systems.
• Overall responsibility for overseeing general ledger transactions and Balance Sheet reconciliations.
• Overall responsibility for ensuring month end close, monthly management accounts and variance analysis is achieved in a timely manner with no issues.
• Manage VAT, Statistical, Statutory and Government returns meeting strict timescales.
• Manage, review, and authorisation of bank payments.
• Acting as main point of contact with external auditors and ensuring strict timescales are met.
• Ensuring compliance with funding covenants.
• Managing daily cash flow and forecast business cash flow requirements. Invoice finance reconciliations and returns.
• Manage loan stock drawdowns. Preparing reports for submission and analysing monthly stock payments between stock classes where necessary.
• Overseeing the preparation of Hong Kong management and statutory accounts.
• Oversee all payroll administration functions.
• Fixed Asset management.
• Investigate, analyse, and comment on areas of expenditure where adherence to company policy is required.
• Supplier and customer visits, with potential for occasional overseas travel when required.

Skills required:

• Qualification in ACCA/CIMA and maintaining CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
• Experienced in managing a team and internal customers, excellent people skills required.
• Strong knowledge of VAT and Payroll compliance.
• Solid understanding of business and financial operations.
• Presentation skills to an audience up to fifty people required.
• Ability to work independently and on own initiative, within a team environment.
• Ability to work well under pressure whilst maintaining attention to detail.
• Highly organised with excellent analytical skills.
• Advanced level spreadsheet skills and PC literacy.
• Forward thinking, recommend system changes for speed, accuracy, and compliance requirements.
• Strong time management and organizational skills, whilst retaining an ability to flex and adapt where needed.

In return we offer:

• A competitive salary.
• Four-day working week, operating Monday to Thursday
• 27 Days holiday
• Life insurance 4 x salary
• Medical cash plan
• Early Pay
• £250 Giftcard for reaching 5, 10, 15 or 20 years length of service
• 25 Year service award, £1000 holiday voucher, champagne, flowers, certificate and photo
• House move day (after 2 years service, once per five year period)
• Champagne for special birthday’s 21, 40, 50, 60
• Employee BBQ’s