Assistant Financial Controller
Location: Chester
Salary: £53,000 - £57,000 per annum
Hours: 37.5
Department: Finance
Job Type: Full time
Contract Type Permanent
We’re recruiting for an Assistant Financial Controller to lead financial reporting, streamline processes, and drive strategic impact across our growing and dynamic finance function.
Why join us
At WorkNest, we’re experiencing rapid growth and are proud to be a leader in Employment Law, HR, Compliance, and Health & Safety services. As Assistant Financial Controller, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our finance function, driving excellence, and contributing to the success of our expanding organisation. You will work closely with the Financial Controller, leading key financial processes, overseeing reporting, and mentoring a talented team.
This role offers an exciting opportunity for an ambitious and detail-oriented finance professional to make a meaningful impact, refine processes, and thrive in a fast-paced, growing organisation. Join us to further your career with a company that truly values and invests in its people.
What We Offer
*Salary: £53,000 - £57,000 per annum
*Great Benefits
*Opportunities for professional growth and development
*A supportive and inclusive work culture
What we’re looking for
We are looking for a skilled finance professional with the expertise and ambition to drive excellence. In this role, you’ll prepare the monthly consolidated reporting (P&L, balance sheet, and cashflow), while overseeing the preparation of management accounts for WorkNest Limited. You’ll drive improvements in month-end processes and ensure financial reporting is accurate and delivered on time. Your strong leadership skills will enable you to mentor and develop team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
You’ll work closely with the Financial Controller to maintain robust processes and controls across the division, while also supporting the integration of newly acquired businesses. With your strategic mindset and the ability to manage competing priorities, you’ll assist with budgeting, forecasting, and compliance returns, while overseeing our payroll processes. You’ll also play a key role in responding to group and senior stakeholder requests, delivering accurate and insightful financial information.
We are looking for someone who is a qualified accountant (CIMA, ACCA, ACA) with at least 5 years’ experience in a similar role. You’ll bring a proactive, detail-oriented approach and the confidence to engage with colleagues across all levels of the business. With excellent interpersonal skills, strong delegation abilities, and a proactive approach to solving problems and driving change, you’ll thrive in a fast-paced environment and deliver real impact across the business.
Our Story
WorkNest is part of a wider GRC (Governance, Risk and Compliance) division owned by Inflexion. We are a powerhouse of Employment Law, HR, Compliance and Health and Safety support services, weaving pragmatic advice with powerful technology platforms. We have experienced exceptional growth over the last 24 months, fueled by the acquisition of several leading business services groups, which has bought together the most gifted practitioners in people management, health, safety and wellbeing, employment law, professional training, and business technology. We are proud to offer a broader range of services to help protect and nurture organisations of every size.
At WorkNest, we believe our people are what make us. We value, respect and support our colleagues, understand the importance of work-life balance, and work together to deliver a brilliant service for our clients.
We are committed to delivering on our four core values that we believe all our colleagues should align with: Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion.
Up for the challenge?
If you share our values of Integrity, Excellence, Teamwork and Inclusion, please use the purple ’apply now’ button to begin your application. You’ll be asked to submit a CV and covering letter outlining how you fulfil the person specification for this post.
WorkNest is committed to creating a culture of Inclusion?and ensuring that everyone – job applicants, clients, colleagues, and anyone else we deal with – is treated fairly and with respect. We continuously review our policies and processes to support our aim to create a diverse team, however, please speak to our Talent and Recruitment specialist if there are any adjustments, we need to make in order to ensure, a genuine equality of opportunity.
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Closing date: 13th December 2024. Please note: Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We may look to close the advert early, so please don’t delay in submitting an application.
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