Financial Controller

Location

Hammersmith, Greater London | United Kingdom

Job description

This is a varied Financial Controller role, reporting directly to the CFO and executive team.

The Financial Controller will lead a team of 3 reports covering all financial operations and support in delivering commercial insight whilst ensuring excellent processes and controls are implemented.

Financial Controller Responsibilities:

• Lead financial operations with a team completing month-end close processes, including all P&L and Balance Sheet reconciliations for all group entities.

• Optimise internal controls, processes, and automate software to ensure best practices are adopted across the group Netsuite ERP
• Work closely with the buying, merchandising and warehouse teams to ensure robust controls and reporting around inventory and 'open to buy' commitments, and managing the product margin reporting
• Own the monthly group management accounts preparation and consolidation process, including board and private equity reporting
• Own the year end audit and statutory reporting cycle
• Cashflow forecasting on a weekly and monthly basis

• Preparation of VAT returns, working with tax authorities and ensuring tax compliance across VAT, PAYE, corporation tax and customs.

• Business partner to internal teams driving commercial insights and supporting business growth, providing financial analysis to help improve decision making

Ideal Financial Controller Requirements:

• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA)
• Prior retail/ecommerce experience
• Commercially and technically astute with excellent communication skills
• Experience managing a team
• NetSuite / ERP experience

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Salary

£60k - £75k per annum