James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Financial Controller

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We are currently partnering with a leading construction company, who are recruiting for a Financial Controller to join their growing team on a permanent basis.
This is a full-time position with a salary range of £50,000 - £65,000 (subject to experience) and the start date is subject to notice. This role will require commuting to their office in Prescott five days per week.
Duties:
- Preparing monthly management accounts, including P&L, balance sheet and cash flows, and high-quality reporting of contract performance to the Board
- Performing ad hoc financial analysis for senior stakeholders and the Board to support commercial decision-making
- Managing day-to-day cash flow and working capital cycle, particularly focussing on conversion of accrued income into billings and cash and management of credit control processes
- Maintaining a weekly 13-week rolling cash forecast
- Managing reporting of VAT and payroll returns
- Leading the annual budgeting process and periodic re-forecast as the financial year progresses, working closely with the CEO
- Maintaining and strengthening the financial control environment, including month-end close processes, reconciliations and internal controls particularly around recognition of accrued and deferred income in a long-term contract accounting environment
- Overseeing the year-end statutory accounts process, including liaison with the company’s accountants and tax advisers
- Driving automation and continual process improvement across finance systems, reducing manual effort and improving data accuracy
- Managing and developing a small finance team
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Experience required:
- Experience of working with Sage 50
Skills, knowledge and expertise required:
- Strong understanding of the complexities of accounting for accrued and deferred revenue
- Ability to implement robust processes to accurately report net WIP at month end
- Strong Excel skills (VLOOKUPs & pivot tables)
- Ability to use tools such as AI to implement accounting automation, improve systems and create financial dashboards


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Working hours:
- 37 hours per week
- Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm
Please note that you require recent experience to apply for this role.
James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.
At James Andrews Recruitment Solutions we try to respond to all applications personally, however, due to the high volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.
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