Financial Controller Job Description
The Financial Controller will play a pivotal role in overseeing the financial health of the business, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and providing strategic financial guidance to support decision-making.
This role is agile in nature, with tasks varying based on periods, clients, and other business requirements. Key responsibilities include:
* Providing financial leadership and overseeing all facets of finance
* Ensuring timely and accurate production of financial reports, data, and profit and loss statements
* Responsible for all month-end close activities
* Completing forecasts and annual budgets, including cash flow forecasting and management
* Providing sound and strategic financial support and insights to inform critical business decisions
* Managing and overseeing all compliance activities, including assurance and tax
* Acting as liaison with external accountants for specialist advice
* Managing regional accounting stakeholder relationships and ensuring compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) standards
* Risk Management, including development of risk frameworks
* Overseeing commercial decision-making from tender analysis, margin analysis, pricing analysis, etc.
* Advising and implementing best-practice methods to increase revenue and reduce costs
* Implementing and maintaining a suite of relevant business performance metrics
* Leading/assisting organisation-wide improvement initiatives (system migrations, improving processes and controls, compliance with accounting initiatives, metrics tracking)
* Managing and tracking budget and financial performance
* Reviewing all formal finance policies and procedures
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you will need:
* 7+ years of financial accounting experience
* CA or equivalent qualification
* Exceptional interpersonal communication and leadership skills
We value attributes over experience and strive to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds. We encourage you to apply even if you feel that you do not meet all of the above qualifications.