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Senior Financial Controller / Head of Finance

Michael Page Finance
Posted a day ago, valid for 18 days
Location

Ashford, Kent TN23 8AF

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role of Interim Senior Financial Controller / Head of Finance involves managing a small team and overseeing budgeting and reporting processes.
  • This maternity cover contract is set to begin in July and will last for at least 9 months.
  • Candidates should have extensive experience at a Senior Financial Controller or similar level, along with a background in managing a team and the budgeting process.
  • The position offers a competitive salary between £80,000 and £90,000, plus a £10,000 car allowance and a bonus scheme of up to 15%.
  • Applicants must be available to work on-site in Ashford, Kent, five days a week.

Reporting into the Managing Director, as Interim Senior Financial Controller / Head of Finance, working as part of the Senior Leadership team, you will be responsible for leading a small team and managing the budgeting and reporting process. This is a maternity cover contract due to start at the beginning of July for at least 9 months.

Client Details

Successful sales and manufacturing business based in Ashford, Kent

Description

Reporting directly into the MD, as Senior Financial Controller / Head of Finance you will be responsible for:

  • Production of the statutory accounts under IFRS and liaising with the auditors
  • Taking control of the budgeting process
  • Acting as a member of the management team and attending monthly meetings, presenting results
  • Reviewing business cases and customer contracts, liaising with the sales teams where necessary
  • Managing and mentoring a small finance team, ensuring they are meeting their deadlines

This is an excellent opportunity to be both hands-on in finance and also add commercial value across the organisation.

This is a maternity cover contract for an initial 9 months, due to start in July.

Profile

My client is looking for someone with the following experience:

  • Qualified / Qualified by Experience with extensive experience at a Senior FC / Head of Finance / Finance Director level
  • Managing a small team
  • Member of the Leadership team
  • Managing the budgeting and month-end process
  • The ability to take a strategic view but also be hands-on and deal with detailed issues at the transactional level when needed

Experience of utilising BI tools would be useful as would experience of using SAP.

You must be available to start this role by the beginning of July and commit to at least 9 months.

This is a role that will require you to be on-site 5 days per week, so please only apply if you can travel to Ashford on a full-time basis.

Job Offer

A competitive salary between £80,000 and £90,000 dependent on experience

£10,000 Car Allowance

Bonus scheme of up to 15% (Pro rata to contract length)

Up to 10% contributory pension scheme

25 days holiday + Bank Holidays

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.