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A Vacancy Exists for a Finance Controller for two subsidiaries reporting to the European and US operations Chief Financial Officer
Role
The financial control of two of the Group’s selling operations located in the UK and France (finance function based in Bray, Ireland)
Key responsibilities include:
- Financial Management: Financial management of the UK and French sales entities.
- Monthly Management Accounts: Preparation and delivery of the monthly management accounts to tight deadlines.
- Budgets: Preparation and delivery of the budgets and forecasts for each region.
- Annual and Quarterly Reporting: Managing year end and quarterly reporting cycle for each entity.
- Liaising with Senior Management: Delivery of quality and timely management and financial information to the CAO and Group CFO.
- Analytical Review: Preparation and delivery of analytical reporting i.e. variance analysis.
- Internal Controls: Responsibility for ensuring adherence to group internal controls policies.
- Audit: Managing the audit for the region.
- Other: Act as a link between finance and general managers in France and the UK and address issues as they arise.
Minimum Qualifications/Experience
- Ideally, but not necessarily, a qualified ACA with a minimum of 2 years post qualification experience;
- Experience in a financial reporting role essential;
- A good understanding of accounting standards and ability to apply them in practice;
- Strong analytical skills and ability to present financial information in a concise and easy-to-use manner;
- Staff supervision and development skills. Experience in managing staff advantageous;
- Must have experience with a computerised accounting package and a good working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, specifically Micrcosoft Excel.
Skills and Behaviours:
o The ideal candidate will be organised, precise, curious, focused and persistent.
o Excellent written, oral and communication skills.
o Be a team player and have high personal confidence, ability to liaise with other business divisions
- The ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team environment
- Ability to work on their own initiative;
o Have a high attention to detail.
o High autonomy: Be able to initiate or create projects and processes that are required to meet the job objectives
o Good sense of priorities, capacity synthesize, resistance to stress and can work under pressure of time line.
- To be flexible and willing to carry out overtime as necessary when required;
- Forward thinking attitude towards improvement is essential;
- Attention to detail will also be a necessary attribute of the successful candidate.
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Wicklow Recruitment Ltd.