Financial Controller

Financial Controller required for well established Private Equity backed business based near Stockport. My client has an excellent reputation and has gone through a period of impressive growth.

This is a brilliant opportunity to join a business with a fantastic reputation who is forecasting another period of growth and further acquisitions.

We are looking for a Financial Controller to work closely with the existing CFO to drive business performance. Reporting to the CFO this person will lead month-end management accounts production, annual statutory accounts production, budgeting & re-forecasting. Being the lead in the business from a financial risk & control, P&L performance management and transaction processing point of view. The Financial controller will also be the ‘go-to’ person for acquisition and investment appraisal decision support, including analysing post investment results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading month-end management accounting process, with associated analysis, insight and reporting.
• Attendance at monthly Exec meetings to discuss performance and analysis.
• Driving performance through reporting and analysis, including attendance at regional performance reviews with Operations Director and Regional Manager
• Preparing monthly finance board pack for presentation to Board and Private Equity investor
• Leading annual budget process, requiring input from regional managers and senior management
• Leading, developing, and motivating the finance team.
• Leading quarterly re-forecasting process
• Acquisition appraisal analysis and due diligence lead, including post-investment appraisals
• Investment analysis / decision making support to Board
• Short and medium term cash flow management and forecasting
• Covenant forecasting and reporting to bank
• Completion of all Companies House filing and documentation
• Upkeep of statutory company registers
• Analysis of risk within the business and implementation of appropriate controls to mitigate
• Leading annual audit process with external auditor
• Completion of draft statutory accounts
• Liaison with tax advisors for completion of annual tax computations/returns
• Monthly/quarterly balance sheet reconciliations
• Ad-hoc financial analysis

Key Experience:

• Qualified accountant
• Monthly Management Accounting
• Annual Statutory Accounts Production
• Team management experience
• Excellent communication skills
• Commercial/Operational mindset
• Excellent MS Office skills, particularly Excel

Who are Resourcery Group?

We are one of the North West’s most experienced and well-networked, independent Accounting & Finance, Change and Transformation recruitment consultancies.

Resourcery Group have grown quickly since inception and are now considered as the go-to recruitment partner and trusted adviser by many of the region’s leading employers, from owner-managed SMEs and PE-backed business to listed PLCs.

We are sector agnostic, finance specific. A local market expert with national reach.

Resourcery Group specialise in talent identification, attraction, resourcing and retention, providing our clients with a diverse pool of talent drawn from the Executive, Sub-Executive, Mid-Market and Newly Qualified, Part-Qualified and Transactional markets for Industry & Commerce, Public Sector and Not-for-Profit.

Please visit our website: www.resourcerygroup.com for more information on the business ethos and how we create value as part of the recruitment cycle, complimenting internal talent teams.