| Location: Buckinghamshire | Salary: +10% bonus |
| Sector: Financial Services | Specialism: |
| Type: Permanent | Contact: Zara Taylor |
Financial Controller
Loudwater
Are you a talented financial professional seeking an opportunity to excel in a challenging and dynamic environment? Our client, a global leader in the defence and aerospace industry, is looking for a highly skilled Financial Controller to join their team. Step into a world where cutting-edge technology meets unparalleled expertise. Our client's organisation pioneers in delivering multi-mission solutions that protect and empower the naval forces worldwide. With our extensive portfolio of capabilities, our innovations are utilised on naval fleets across our allied navies around the globe.
As a Financial Controller, you will oversee financial operations and provide critical insights that drive financial performance. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with cross-functional teams, influence decision-making, and contribute to the strategic direction of the organization.
Responsibilities of the Financial Controller:
- Manage the monthly financial accounting process according to the Maritime timetable in line with the Company's accounting policies and consistent with Ultra Group policy
- Continuously improve the company's financial controls and processes
- Review the month end overheads, posting accruals and prepayment as required to reflect the actual cost in the period
- Prepayments - maintaining the prepayment schedule and posting the monthly journal.
- Accruals - preparing the monthly journal and processing any ad-hoc journals required for month end.
- Fixed Assets - maintaining the Fixed Asset Ledger to the Balance sheet and capital expenditure request forms
- Provide oversight to Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Monitor employee timesheets completion on a weekly basis, publishing a report of outstanding timesheet and non-productive hours booked by employee/cost centre
- Ensure appropriate financial control is maintained across the business, including detailed reconciliations of all balance sheet accounts
- Support all financial accounting activities, including the review and analysis of monthly results and disclosures
- Oversee overhead budgets ensuring cooperation with department heads to monitor progress and variances.
- Support all external and internal audit and control activities.
- Ensure that the Site adheres to the Group Operating Manual and other Group processes and guidelines.
- Maintain a balance sheet that is prudent with respect to profit accrual, depreciation and provisioning
- Maintain financial records in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and tax requirements.
- Any other duties as and when required.
Key Requirements of the Financial Controller:
- A sound understanding of the basic accounting processes is essential with some experience of financial accounting related matters.
- The ability and desire to interpret financial information will be beneficial to the successful candidate as we are looking to develop the role further in the future.
- Ability to obtain a government security clearance in country of residence
- Need to be fully qualified - ACCA/CIMA
- IFS systems Ideal
- Strong Excel skills & experience required
- PowerBi & Budget software experience highly desirable
If you are ready to take on this exciting opportunity, and a keen Financial Controller don't miss out and apply today!
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