Alexander Lloyd
Financial Controller
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Alexander Lloyd are proud to be partnering with an award-winning and established professional services firm who are seeking to add a Qualified (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) Financial Controller to lead a team of 7. The business has grown rapidly both organically and via frequent acquisitions.
This role will report directly into the FD and have full autonomy of the operations, commercial, and management account teams.
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced hands-on Financial Controller to join an ever-growing, ambitious professional services business. You’ll play a key role in leading the management accounting team of 7 people, ensuring the accuracy and integrity of all financial reporting, driving improvements in controls, processes, and systems, and contributing to the continued growth of the business.
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Duties
- Leading the management accounting function.
- Delivering high-quality financial and management reporting, analysis, and insight on a timely basis to help the business understand performance and make more informed decisions.
- Managing, coaching, and developing a team of 7.
- Supporting the business’ ongoing growth and acquisitions strategy, including due diligence and post-completion integration.
- Managing the annual budgeting process, forecasts as required, and improving the wider budgeting and forecasting process.
- Managing the production of key monthly performance reports to the business, assisting with business partnering and ensuring appropriate revenue recognition.
- Managing the production of monthly management accounts.
- Assist in improving financial awareness and understanding across the business.
- Building and maintaining key relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Managing the general ledger, month-end, and year-end processes, the annual audit, and preparation of the annual statutory accounts. Ensure appropriate accounting policies are applied in accordance with FRS102.
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Skill set
- ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified - Practice trained preferred but not essential.
- Extensive line management experience (essential).
- LLP or Professional services exposure (again preferred not essential).
- Strong all-round financial and management accounts exposure.
- Ability to get to the office 2 days per week.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement.
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