Location
Banbury, Oxfordshire | United Kingdom
Job description
The role
- Due to a period of significant growth, we’re looking for a Financial Controller to join Ignition Collective at a very exciting time. We are looking for someone that not only wants to own the financial function but to be a driving force in the business to continue to help us grow. This role is for an experienced, qualified candidate with a desire to be embedded at a strategic level to support the Director in making business decisions.
- So, if you have the experience, mirror our values, have an entrepreneurial approach and are looking to be a business partner to deliver big impact to an ambitious company, this role could be for you!
Responsibilites
- Responsible for the entire financial function of the business and overseeing all day-to-day finance operations
- Provide strategic financial support to the Director to facilitate broader decision-making and business planning
- Act as a true business partner across all business functions, being a point of contact between finance, the Director and the wider company
- Drive annual strategic planning and forecasting processes, including setting operational and financial targets to ensure robust management of business and divisional performance
- Manage the maintenance of the financial accounting system and accounting processes
- Implement improved business information so profit can be identified down to the individual project level
- Project costing – ensure all costs, benefits and cash flows are robustly calculated
- Identify and focus on future improvements to systems and practices
- Review the current accounting package and assess whether fit for purpose long term
- Project cost management – estimating, budgeting and controlling costs and cash flows throughout the project life cycle to keep expenditures within the approved budget
- Project variance analysis – regular reviews of the project performance actual spend vs budget to highlight issues early on and suggest corrective action. Analyse variances in margins both within a project and between different projects
- Oversee preparation and analysis of month-end management accounts, completion of monthly executive report packs, review and improve current standard costing model
- Review the management accounts and balance sheets and investigate variances in conjunction with other members of the senior management team
- Provide insightful performance monthly analysis to help the business achieve its commercial objectives
- Manage the entire year-end process and take overall responsibility for the balance sheet and reconciliations
- Delivery of elements that sit within the HR function
- Ad-hoc project support for business growth
What we are looking for
- Qualifications from one of the major accounting institutes
- Minimum of 3 years relevant experience
- Proven experience and skills in the role requirements and responsibilities
- Expert in finance systems, processes and apps such as Xero
- Experience in payroll, pensions and employee benefits
- Strong Excel skills for monitoring, interpreting and reporting data
- Multi-currency experience
- Excellent people skills with the ability to work in a team and independently
- Hands-on mentality with meticulous attention to detail
- Desire to work directly with business owners with a passion for making a real difference
- Organised, proactive problem solver with a passion for ideas and innovative thinking
- Strong decision-making skills with the ability to demonstrate sound judgement
- Results-driven with a strong sense of accountability
- Experience within a fast-paced environment and entrepreneurial-led organisations
What you’ll get from us:
- Make an impact
- The opportunity to make an impact and develop your career
- Friendly
- An innovative and friendly workplace with a team we're proud to be part of
- Flexibility
- A flexible office and working from home policy
- Pension
- Company pension scheme
- Holiday
- 25 days holiday + public holidays
- Birthday
- An extra day of paid leave if your birthday falls on one of your working days
- Progression
- Scope for career development with ongoing training and coaching
- Wellness
- Two wellness days a year
Job tags
Salary
£50k - £70k per annum
