Financial Controller – Expenses recruitment

 Key Responsibilities:

• Providing strategic support and challenge on all operating expenses; thinking outside the box around alternate cost solutions

• Management of an accounts assistant ensuring appropriate training, development, management and motivation

• Supervision of accounts payable function to include FX, petty cash, corporate cards, intercompany accounts and general cash management (appraisals, 1-1 meetings etc)

• Being technically aware in relation to changes in accounting standards and their impact on financial statements

• Timely and accurate expense and PL reporting, and monthly balance sheet reconciliations and support.

• Collating monthly budget versus actual expense reporting and summarizing key variances.  

• Managing ongoing expense reforecasts to feed into regular PL forecasts

• Keeping the authorization sheet and travel expense policy up to date

• Responsible for the annual budgeting and reporting of expenses

• Responsible for completion of VAT returns, corporation tax packs, and PSA returns

• Working closely with HR in the calculations of staff costs and incentives for budget and actual reporting

• Responsible for the calculation of recharges between entities

• Providing holiday and study cover to others persons in the Finance department as necessary.

• Assisting the Head of Finance and Group financial controller with adhoc tasks as they arise.

Experience/Qualifications required: