Financial Controller

JOB TITLE: Financial Controller

SALARY: Negotiable

LOCATION: Sunderland

HOURS: Monday to Friday office hours

TYPE: Temporary on–going

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Prepare individual Business Unit and consolidated UK monthly management accounts together with supporting corporate schedules
• Prepare individual Business Unit and consolidated UK annual budgets, quarterly forecasts and variance analysis reports together with supporting corporate schedules
• Prepare weekly Flash forecast reports and supporting variances to forecasts
• Responsible for monthly close and opening of financial ledgers
• Prepare draft year–end financial accounts and supporting corporate schedules prior to audit
• Secure financial information, including setting up and maintaining appropriate financial controls and procedures in line with company and statutory requirements, ensuring compliance with Sarbanes–Oxley regulatory requirements
• Ensure compliance to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, Corporate Directives and Financial policies and procedures.
• Liaise with internal and external auditors in completing audit requirements and respond to group and external audit queries, where applicable
• Oversee compliance with local customs duties and VAT regulations with overall responsibility for VAT accounting and reporting
• Develop, implement & maintain multi–site inventory control and cost tracking systems capable of providing management with period–by–period financial data on production cost, identifying variances from established standards by cause, product line etc

REQUIREMENTS:

• Flexibility, will organised, and able to work under time constraints and deadlines.
• IT literate, with experience of ERP systems
• Qualified to ACA/ACCA/CIMA/CGMA or equivalent
• An understanding of international financial operating process
• Knowledge of multi–site reporting controls
• Knowledge of payroll processes
• Knowledge of consolidation of overseas multi–currency reporting entities

For more information on the opportunity please feel free to contact the commercial recruitment team at Imperial Recruitment Group

Due to the high volume of applications that we receive we may not be able to respond to every application, however, if you do not get a response within 7 days please consider your application for this opportunity unsuccessful but we will keep your details on file for other opportunities.