Financial Controller

The Organisation Robert Walters are proud to be working with an instantly recognisable fin tech business based in Greater Manchester. The organisation that we are representing are currently going through double digit growth that sees no sign of this slowing. The business has an instantly recognisable brand, an exceptional senior leadership team and are well ahead of their projected revenues for the year.

The Role

Once in role the candidate will be the number one in finance across highly profitable division of a growing listed business. The candidate will be tasked with overseeing a growing finance team and delivering commercial value add to the wider business.

Specific aspects of the role include

• Take ownership for all monthly, quarterly half and full year reporting requirements across the organisation

• Delivery of all month end reporting packs and presenting results to the executive team

• Take ownership for the integration of the recently acquired international business into the wider group function based in the UK

• Take ownership of the P&L and manage all cashflow related queries (forecasts & variances etc)

• Take ownership of all budgeting and forecasting processes across the organisation

• Business partner with key stakeholders within the organisation (both with the group function based in the UK and in America) to deliver financial information, commercial recommendations, analysis and MI

• Develop and improve organisational financial controls and internal processes across the reporting function

• Analyse and model financial trends / opportunities within the sector and deliver findings to the executive team

• Take ownership of business plans / proposals and deliver a risk framework highlighting areas of opportunity / concern

• Build, maintain and develop strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders

• Oversee the transition of the existing finance system onto the one established across the wider group

• Initiate and deliver improved KPI’s and system processes across the finance division

• Management of a team of two qualified accountants

The Candidate

The successful candidate will be CCAB qualified and will have exceptionally strong technical and commercial experience. They will ideally have had prior experience of working in a complex larger business with a dotted line into a wider group function. The candidate will have highly developed business partnering skills as they will be liaising with a range of senior stakeholders both at Group level in the UK and internationally. The candidate will have proven managerial experience as they will be responsible for leading a growing team and delivering improved results. The ability to improve forecasting / budgeting processes, internal controls / processes and drive initiatives are critical for this position.

The candidate will have strong communication skills, be highly ambitious and will have a desire to progress within an organisation. A multi sector big business background with exposure to re-occurring revenue is preferred