Description
About the job
Reporting To: Managing Director
Zaun Limited is a £15-20M business specialising in the manufacture of high specification steel fencing for the prison, utility and sports markets. The company is renowned for its quality and innovation. A Financial Controller is sought to work out of the company’s head office in Wolverhampton, West Midlands.
www.zaun.co.uk
The Role
This role is number one in the finance department and the FC will be given significant autonomy.
This role will primarily be focussed on preparing, developing, and analysing financial information to allow the organization to make well-informed decisions to ensure future stability, profitability and growth. The organisation has track recording developing staff and promoting from within.
This role can provide an ideal route for a candidate looking to step up to Finance Director.
The main duties & responsibilities consist of supporting the existing finance team with:
- Managing and developing the finance team
- Production of financial statements including profit and loss accounts, budgets, cash flows, monthly management accounts, variance analysis and commentaries
- Preparation of consolidated group financial statements
- Preparation of annual budgeting and periodic forecasting
- Ongoing review of cash flow and production of forecasts
- The calculation, presentation, and payment of VAT returns
- Reporting on company assets and liabilities including balance sheet account reconciliations and asset register reviews
- Ensuring compliance with all financial regulations and internal policies
- Managing stakeholder relations with banks, auditors, customers and suppliers
- Managing annual audit process
- Responsibility for annual stocktake and ongoing management of stock systems
- Managing day to day HR responsibilities with outsourced support
- Managing day to day IT responsibility with outsourced support
The above is not an exhaustive list of duties and you may be expected to perform different tasks as necessitated by the overall business objectives of the company. Full training and support on our systems will be provided.
The Candidate
- Qualified Accountant with minimum 3 years’ experience
- Proven technical ability
- Understanding of modern management information systems and excellent spreadsheet/analysis skills
- Ability to manage, delegate, motivate, monitor, and control team activity
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate at all levels with both financial and non-financial management
- Strong commercial acumen
Salary, Working Hours & benefits
- Working hours – 40 hours a week
- Salary negotiable depending on experience
- Some flexibility on office/home working
- Discretionary Bonus
- Company Pension
- On-site Parking