Are you an experienced and immediately available Financial Controller with a strong focus on cash management and a proactive approach to business improvement?
Our client is a well respected manufacturing and engineering company based in the Filey area, is seeking a Financial Controller to join their team. This role is initially temporary with the potential for a permanent position.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on financial professional to play a critical role in the company's financial operations and contribute to its strategic direction.
What the Interim Financial Controller job involves
You will be responsible for the day-to-day financial management of the business, ensuring robust financial controls and providing key insights to support business decisions.
- Checking daily bank balances and managing cashflow.
- Overseeing the invoice financing process.
- Updating ledger reports and preparing monthly P&L accounts.
- Generating weekly sales and invoice reports.
- Managing credit control and the debtor's ledger across multiple currencies (Euro, GBP, USD).
- Preparing for external audits and conducting monthly reconciliations.
- Performing payroll analysis and preparing creditor and debtor reports.
- Developing customer reports, including average pricing and turnover by region.
- Maintaining fixed asset registers and managing depreciation.
- Ensuring compliance with HMRC, PAYE, pension regulations, and quarterly VAT.
- Fixed asset management, including registration and depreciation.
This is a stand alone senior finance role that requires a proactive individual who can manage multiple financial responsibilities and contribute to the wider business strategy.
Skills required
We are looking for a Financial Controller with a solid background in SME environments, particularly within industries such as manufacturing, engineering, distribution, or warehousing
- Experience with Sage and excel for reporting
- Strong experience in day-to-day cash management and cash flow forecasting.
- An open-minded approach, willing to understand the entire business beyond finance, including production aspects.
- A proactive attitude, bringing ideas for improvement and efficiency.
- Able to deal with the transactional duties through to the management reporting.
Other information
Working hours are typically 8:00 to 17:00 Monday to Thursday, and 8:00 to 11:30 on Friday.
This role is initially temporary with the potential to become permanent.
Car parking is available
Accessible on public transport