Financial Controller

We are retained by one of the leading education property consultants in the UK. We are proud to be partners with some of the sector's most influential organisations. Their team is dedicated to designing and creating inspiring, sustainable spaces where people learn, work and play.

Our client is an award–winning multi–disciplinary property consultancy offering Architecture, Project Management, Quantity Surveying, Engineering and Building Surveying services to a wide variety of clients in the UK.

Due to their continued success and growing business demands they currently have a vacancy for Financial Controller to help deliver their future growth.

The role of the Financial Controller is to assist the Practice in the provision of comprehensive financial guidance. As a financial controller, you will provide support to their partners so they can make sound business decisions and meet the company's objectives. The business currently has a finance team of two and an external part–time finance director consultant where both the directors and consultant are seeking a hands–on finance person to manage the team, improve the processes, and work with the board of partners to provide key monthly financial numbers.

Key Duties:

The current management accounts are conducted via external consultants which require this to be brought in–house once the new person has understood the following.

* Prior month invoicing (compared with projections) and 'next 12 months' fee projection with speculative reporting by working with the partners of the business.

* Monthly/Quarterly and annual WIP reporting working with a team of senior partners.

* Manage the Purchase Order and Purchase Invoice process.

* Manage the sales process.

* Full overview reviews cost savings etc.

* Monthly/Quarterly and budget reviews with fresh forecasts updated.

* Dashboard monthly reporting and Key Performance Indices such as EBITDA.

* Day to day line management support for the Finance Advisor & Finance Assistant with mentoring

* Day to day cash flow management covering the second approver to agreed values, paying bills once process approved.

* Regular review of business costs to highlight areas where savings could be made (even just a sanity check that all is okay).

* Overseeing issuing and checking of external consultants MI pack, in time producing these reports.

* Payroll management is currently performed by external consultants with a view to possibly bringing in–house to enable payslips, P60, P32 and full HMRC compliance.

* VAT returns, national statistics and other compliance reports

* Producing audit–ready files for auditors and working papers with clean audits.

* Manage and mentor staff ideally with knowledge of Xero although training can be provided.

* Additional projects as requested by the partners covering financial scenarios, overheads tenders, costing projects, discounted cash flows etc.

Specialist knowledge and qualifications

* A person who can operate hands–on with daily tasks and strategic finance support.

* Someone comfortable working with staff and Business Partners.

* Someone with post–qualifying experience, ideally ACCA finalist or fully qualified or qualified by experience.

* Advance Excel skills covering Macros, VLOOKUP, and Pivot tables.

* Xero Accountancy package skills.

* Operate in a fast pace and rewarding environment with an excellent salary and benefits package.

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???Area Essex

Salary GBP70k – GBP80k