Financial Controller

We have an amazing opportunity available for an experienced Financial Controller to join a small, dynamic, fun and fast-growing Creative Agency based in Shoreditch, London. This will be a wide-ranging and hands-on role, pivotal in helping the business grow by being a brilliant advisor and link between clients, suppliers and staff.

Newly created, this position is set to be recruited on a 6- or 9-month fixed term contract basis, but with a view to going permanent thereafter and prospect of progressing into a Finance Director post all being well.

To be considered you will need to have considerable experience in small to medium sized businesses, ideally media/consultancy firms, where turnover has been between 2 and 10 million. You’ll be comfortable with having a prominent and wide remit within a business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Direct line management of a Management Accountant and supervision/training of a student accounts administrator
• Oversee preparation of monthly management accounts & consolidation across the group
• Monthly variance reporting to budget & earlier years
• Manage year end process for annual financial statements
• Prepare cash flow forecast
• Assist with the annual budgeting process, track & refine
• Oversee all journals for management accounts
• Manage monthly payroll and pensions for London and Singapore offices
• Manage VAT/GST quarterly returns
• Communicate directly with external accountants & lawyers
• Oversee bank reconciliation, in multi-currency accounts
• Oversee credit card tracking & postings
• Oversee staff expenses, tracking & posting
• Oversee accounts receivable function
• Provide staff training
• Develop finance processes & reporting across the organisation
• Development & design of reporting board packs
• Weekly KPI reporting
• Control/oversight of the purchase ledger
• Weekly & monthly gross profit per project management
• Business partner the production team during the budgeting process and throughout the course of projects to ensure margins are maintained
• Assist with monthly reporting and data to be reported to the board
• Ad hoc financial analysis
• Preparation of CT41G & interest certificates

You will be:

• A brilliant communicator
• Able to explain finance matters in simple terms to the team
• Hands on ready to swap between tasks as and when required
• Super organised, able to work well in a team or alone, managing your own workload
• Calm under pressure
• Used to preparing financial information with accuracy and attention to detail
• Not afraid to ask questions & suggest improvement to processes
• Background in a similar company, dealing with creatives would be ideal!
• Qualified academically, CIMA, ACA, ACCA or equivalent

Benefits:

• Up to £70,000 per annum full time, or 4 days a week considered (if 4 days pro rata £56,000)
• Split office / home working (3 days in the office, 1 or 2 working from home), hours 9-6
• 22 days holiday based on full time employee, plus your birthday day off
• Career advancement, FD opportunity
• Fast paced, fun and energetic company with a friendly culture
• Work in an amazing set of offices
• Opportunity to work at an ambitious, creative and purpose led business