Financial Controller - Manufacturing

Our client is a well known manufacturing company which manufactures a range of household appliances. They are looking to hire a Financial Controller to join their head office in Crawley.

This is an office based role, 5 days a week.

Duties

• Production of financial information including profit and loss accounts, sales & margin reports, budgets, cash flows, variance analysis etc
• Assistance in the production of the annual budget and periodic forecasting
• Ongoing review of cash flow and production of forecasts
• Analysing actual manufacturing costs and preparing periodic reports comparing standard costs to actual production costs
• Production of annual statutory accounts & liaison with Auditors.
• Responsible for all activities related to Regulatory/HMRC compliance issues (VAT, Payroll, Intrastat, WEEE etc)
• Balance sheet account reconciliations and review of intangible assets
• Treasury functions, bank reconciliations, credit control etc.
• Production of Consolidated Accounts and complete the necessary Covenant calculations as required by the Bank
• Ensure compliance with all financial regulations
• Manage Finance Department of 4 staff covering Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll/HR including day-to-day communication and motivation as well as succession planning and performance management
• Other tasks as required by the Directors

Requirements

• Qualified Accountant with suitable experience
• Working knowledge of Sage X3 (essential)
• Proven technical ability
• Understanding of modern management information systems
• Ability to manage, delegate, motivate, monitor and control team activity
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management
• Intellectual with a strong commercial acumen