Job Title: Financial Controller

About the Role

Cooper Parry Finance Recruitment has been engaged by a science technology business to source a Financial Controller on a full-time, staff basis. This is a fully remote role where you can be based anywhere in the UK. Our client is a fast-growing, remote-first, B2B SaaS company serving the scientific sales sector. This role offers excellent opportunities for career progression and professional development.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CFO and leading a team of two, the Financial Controller has end-to-end ownership of the revenue cycle, from closed-won orders through invoicing, deferred revenue, and revenue recognition, ownership of the ERP itself, month-end close, and management reporting, statutory compliance, and the company's tax affairs in conjunction with external advisors. To be considered, you must be a Qualified Accountant with proven SaaS industry experience and a strong understanding of revenue recognition principles.

The Opportunity

• Ownership of the end-to-end revenue recognition process, deferred revenue schedules, and recognised revenue, ensuring treatment is right first time across multi-currency subscription contracts
• Authorise and resolve complex billing scenarios, upgrades, mid-term contract changes, billing frequency changes, and credit notes
• Ownership of the month-end close, and review of the monthly management accounts (full P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow statement)
• Delivery of monthly management reporting for executive team review and submission of investor management accounts pack
• Maintain balance sheet integrity, including accruals and prepayments, FX revaluations, payment processor reconciliations, and intercompany accounting
• Own and continuously improve the company's accounting policies, procedures, delegation of authority, and wider control environment
• Lead the business through the external audit and annual audit cycles, owning the auditor relationship, the request list, and the process documentation
• Ensure the statutory accounts are completed and filed on time
• Ensure corporate disclosures and filings to Companies House are submitted accurately and on time
• Consult with external tax advisors to ensure all corporate taxes, VAT, and sales taxes are correct and paid on time, oversight of quarterly UK VAT returns prepared by the team
• Lead the annual R&D tax credit claim and liaise with local authorities on grant applications and claims
• Oversee UK monthly payroll and sales commission calculations, providing review, technical guidance, and approval, and approve P11Ds and PSA submissions
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of two, investing in the growth of both and supporting their professional studies and development
• Build resilience across the function by documenting processes and cross-training the team, reducing key-person dependency