My client, a recognisable Not-for-profit company based in Canterbury, is seeking a Financial Controller to join them at a crucial time in their ongoing development.

Job Description

- The Financial Controller will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the Finance Department overseeing the finance team.
- Ensuring reporting timetables and statutory regulations are maintained to high standards at all times and data integrity is sustained.
- Act as a conduit for all financial queries that arise from within the Organisation, communicating effectively with relevant staff as well as ensuring that issues are resolved quickly and efficiently.
- Ensure the business planning process - short, medium and long term is integrated in to the monthly reporting process to the Board of Directors and Executive Management Team.
- Manage the annual integrated budget setting process across the organisation with finance and budget managers,
- Full responsibility for the monthly management accounts process ensuring close down and delivery is timely, accurate and appropriately reflective of activity,
- Develop and implement meaningful and timely financial and activity reporting for users up, down and across the organisation
- Manage / implement contract and activity costings and appraisals for current and new business
- Oversee the annual statutory Audit process with the Director of Finance & IT including completion of financial statements in compliance with accounting standards
- Develop a cost analysis environment that informs the cost management and expenditure control process and introduces a preferred suppliers list across the organisation.
- Manage the payroll production.
- Ensure that the contracts and purchasing policy and procedure is enforced in all purchasing transactions
- Manage the current finance team encouraging and promoting their continued professional development.

The Successful Applicant

- Qualified Accountant with a minimum of 3 years post qualification experience,
- Managed and developed staff teams
- Track record in delivering value through proactively partnering and influencing outside of the finance team.
- Experience of implementing and developing reporting methods and tools
- Strong leadership and management skills
- Excellent analytical and problem solver with a keen eye for detail
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain problems and solutions clearly to non-technical users in written and verbal format.
- Ability to prioritise, plan and focus on deadlines including relaying the programmes of work to affected colleagues whilst working under pressure to agreed time frames.
- A comprehensive understanding of common desktop operating systems and Office productivity software i.e. Windows, Office, etc.

Farrer Barnes Ltd does not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and complies with all relevant UK legislation. Farrer Barnes Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers.