Financial Controller

Financial Controller
Chessington 

Full Time 37.5 hours per week
Hybrid option to WFH up to 1 day per week
Salary: £55k - 60k 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Line management of the finance team

• Timely and accurate production of management accounts

• Overall responsibility for all finance functions

• Responsibility for risk management including banking, insurance and audits

• Financial reporting to senior management to inform business decisions

• Payroll submission and reporting, including calculation of commissions

• KPI / Scorecard reporting

KEY DUTIES:

• Monthly management accounts and supporting reconciliations, for all P&L and Balance sheet

accounts.

• Monthly VAT returns - reconciling and submitting

• Monthly KPI / scorecard reports

• Monthly payroll submission including pension contributions

• Quarterly WEEE reports

• Import duty review

• Ensuring all purchase invoices are processed in a timely manner, including authorising invoices.

• Supplier payments runs, including reviewing the proposed payments

• Weekly invoice factor reconciliation and submission

• Understanding credit limits and exposure to bad debt

• Ad hoc financial reports and analysis

• Foreign currency trades

• Cash flow management

• Statutory compliance and filing

• Annual company insurance renewals

• Additional administration and queries for non-trading companies and overseas entities

• Holiday cover for other members/functions of the finance team.

• Any other reasonable request

SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:

• Fully qualified (ACA / ACCA preferred) with minimum 2 years post qualification experience or

QBE (qualified by experience)

• Ideally a combination of experience from practice and commerce

• A proven track record within a distribution environment

• SME experience

• Line management experience

• Excellent Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel incl. Vlookups and Pivot Tables

• Experience working with an ERP system, ideally Netsuite

• Experience with payroll administration

• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Liaise with all levels of staff within the business

• Ability to problem solve with a commercial approach

• Attention to detail

• Flexible and willing to proactively take on work that will not traditionally be part of the

finance role.