Distinct | B Corp
Financial Controller
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Financial Controller
Salary: Up to £65,000, with some flexibility for an exceptional candidate
Location: Mansfield
Working pattern: Hybrid, with 3 days per week in the office
Reports to: CFO
Direct report: Management Accountant
We are recruiting a Financial Controller for an established business based in Mansfield. This is a broad and visible role, responsible for leading the day-to-day financial management of the business and ensuring senior leaders have accurate, timely and meaningful financial information.
Working closely with the CFO and wider leadership team, you will oversee the delivery of management reporting, maintain a strong financial control environment and help improve the way financial information is produced and communicated across the business.
The role will also involve managing and developing a Management Accountant.
The role
- Leading the preparation and delivery of monthly financial reporting
- Reviewing performance against budget and forecast, highlighting key trends, risks and opportunities
- Providing clear financial commentary and insight to the CFO and wider business
- Business partnering with teams across the organisation to improve financial understanding
- Identifying opportunities to improve finance processes, systems and ways of working
- Streamlining reporting and helping to reduce the month-end timetable
- Improving the efficiency and consistency of financial processes
- Supporting the implementation of new controls and reporting improvements
- Supporting year-end reporting and audit requirements
- Managing, supporting and developing the Management Accountant
- Providing ad hoc financial analysis and support across the business
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The opportunity
This position would suit someone who enjoys maintaining strong financial control but also wants to play a more commercially engaged role.
The CFO is looking for someone who can challenge the numbers and turn financial information into clear messages for non-finance stakeholders.
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There is genuine scope to improve existing reporting, introduce more efficient ways of working and have a visible impact on how the business uses financial information.
What they’re looking for
- Qualified accountant – CIMA, ACCA or ACA
- Strong management accounting and financial control experience
- Confident working directly with senior finance and non-finance stakeholders
- Able to explain financial performance clearly to colleagues across the business
- Proactive, organised and comfortable working independently
- Experience managing or developing finance team members would be beneficial
Package
- Salary up to £65,000, with some flexibility for an exceptional candidate
- Permanent position
- Hybrid working, with 3 days per week in the Mansfield office
This is currently a confidential recruitment process, and further information will be shared with suitable applicants.
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