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Financial Controller
Hours – Monday – Friday 9am till 6pm (1 hour lunch)
Location – Hertford
Salary £65,000 - £70,000
Role
- Preparation of financial reports including monthly balance sheet, P&L and cash flows for US and Canada for a single entity
- Manage entity cash flows and ensure timely payments are made to the head office
- Manage the US finance team (based in the UK) and help achieve finance departments objectives
- Prepare and review monthly subsidiary gross profit and expenses reports ensuring accuracy
- Assume responsibility for accounting procedures and month end deadlines
- Preparation and submission of monthly HST returns and other statutory returns
- Oversee all customer chargebacks and ensure the team follows up with customers
- Overall responsible for customer collections and supplier payments
- Monthly P&L analysis with commentaries
- Monthly Balance sheet reconciliations including oversight of all bank reconciliations
- Monthly inventory valuations and reconciliations with third party warehouses
- Manage external audit and any statutory audits
- Play a lead role in preparing the annual budgets for the US and Canada entities
- Advise on problem areas and suggest improvements. Help implement changes across the department
- Ad hoc duties assigned to the role
Person Specification
- A finance qualification CIMA/ACCA or equivalent. Candidates qualified by experience will also be considered.
- Minimum 5 years in experience in a management accounting role and managing small teams
- Well versed on working with ERP systems
- Proficient in dealing with figures, including currency conversion
- Analytical mind with problem solving skills
- Methodical, with strong attention to detail & accuracy
- Organisational and leadership skills. Experienced in a multinational / group reporting environment
- Discreet and trustworthy
- A knowledgeable user in MS Office, Excel and ERP environment.
If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply ASAP.
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