Financial Controller

Sewell Wallis is looking for a hands-on Financial Controller for a company based in East Ridings of Yorkshire, near Pocklington.

This role is with a commercial property business with big growth plans! An exciting opportunity to create a finance team from the ground up, you'll handle day-to-day finance functions, working closely with the entrepreneurial founder and long-standing CFO to build on solid foundations and drive the business forward. The business currently has a range of properties to manage, with a turnover of approx. £35mil, it's a fast-paced environment, and they're constantly looking to buy new sites and take on new investments.

This opportunity is perfect for someone who likes to be in the thick of it, a problem solver who takes a practical and proactive approach.

You'll need to be a qualified accountant who is confident with production of management information, alongside commentary and presentation of this to the SLT, creation of budgets, cash flow management, and submission of year-end accounts. The role will develop over time and as the business and team grows, you're responsibilities will move and change with the demands of the business, so you'll need to be adaptive.

What will you be doing?

Monthly management accounts, commentary, presentation of the information to the senior team.
Budgets and forecasting.
Cash flow management.
Statutory reporting.
Invoice processing (to begin with, before the team develops)
Development of a finance team from the ground up.
Basic payroll.What skills are we looking for?

Qualified Accountant - (CIMA, ACCA, ACA)
Hands on approach to management and problem solving.
Confident communicator, both written and verbal. Someone who enjoys working collaboratively and as part of a lively team.
Experience leading on day to day finance functions
Experience of working in a fast-paced growing business.
Creation of a finance team from scratch.What's on offer?

A competitive salary £60,000-£70,000
Company car.
Progression opportunities.
New modern office facilities
Parking on site.Send us your CV below, or contact Inci Evcil for more information.

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 please accept that if we have not responded to your application within seven days, your application has not been successful. Sewell Wallis is a specialist recruitment company with a vast amount of experience in our industry we offer permanent, temporary and interim recruitment support for accounting and finance, human resources and business support positions. We recruit at all levels within finance from Purchase Ledger Administrator and Credit Controller level through to Financial Controller and Director positions. With offices in Sheffield and Leeds, we are well situated to cover all of South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and Manchester. Please visit our website for more information on accountancy and finance jobs and human resources or business support positions
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