Job Title: Financial Controller
Location: London, Hybrid Working
Salary: Highly competitive, depending on experience
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent
Dataquest is an acquisitive mid-market IT business looking to appoint a forward-thinking Financial Controller who can lead and inspire a team while providing reliable MI and insightful analysis to the board across all business areas.
Based in London, we have a modern and vibrant office that is set up to maximise success for the people who work there. We also offer a range of internal and external training packages for individuals and teams to develop and prosper.
The role will initially focus on the core accounting responsibilities growing into a Group Financial Controller capacity and a clearly defined development pathway to Finance Director longer term.
What will you be doing?
- Assist in managing, motivating and developing the finance team
- Preparation and review of month-end board packs ensuring a month-end close by day 7
- Identify and implement improvements within the function
- Co-ordinate the annual budgeting and forecasting process
- Partnering with heads of business units to track the performance of gross profit/net profit and working with ways of improving financial performance – Strong commercial involvement
- Liaise with finance heads of group of companies on an ad-hoc basis
- Governance of process flows in and out of the finance function
- Co-ordinate and manage the year-end audit
- Manage and maintain the financial systems within the business (accounting, stock management, Document Management system)
- Work with the senior finance manager to manage the transactional teams
- Supervise the Contracts Administration team
Experience Required
- A minimum of 5 years post qualified experience – ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent
- Strong team management experience
- Good system skills (preferably Sage 200 but not essential)
- Good understanding of the objectives and workings of internal financial control
- Ability to quickly build relationships with external and internal contacts at all levels with confidence
- Experience in managing finance projects/ implementations
- Deadline orientated
If this role sounds like a fit for you, please click the APPLY button to send your CV & Cover Letter for this role.
No agencies please!
Please note that due to the nature of the role, no sponsorship or relocation packages will be available for this position so all candidates must currently be eligible to both live and work in the UK to be considered.
