Financial Controller - 4 days per week
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- England,London,City of London
- Part Time, Permanent
- £65,000 - £75,000 per annum
Job Description:
Role: Financial Controller
Sector: Communications Agency
Location: West London
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 Full Time equivalent
Permanent: 4 days per week – Hybrid ( MTT in the office)
Ref: VFR 3247
VisionFR is delighted to be working with one of our clients and SME Communications agency of around 30 staff. The agency is owner managed and looking for a 4 or 5 day a week Financial Controller to join them. The role will business partner with the owner and oversee the Finance assistant/ bookkeeper. There is also a Fractional CFO working a couple of days a month as a mentor.
The role is to oversee and control the day to day finance function and produce meaningful management information/ forecasts enabling proper business management.
Key responsibilities of the Financial Controller:
*Preparing accurate & timely monthly reports Dashboards, variance analysis and KPIs.
*Producing regular cashflow forecasts
*Delivering monthly Revenue and Cash reports at management meetings.
*Preparing monthly management accounts including Profit and Loss account with variance analysis, Balance sheet and key KPI measures
*Having regular meetings with account management on revenue, Work in Progress (WIP), Job costing. And Revenue forecasting
*Oversee the Bookkeeper to ensure they are accurately and properly managing the transactional side of the business – Purchase ledger and Creditors and Invoicing and Accounts receivable together with posting cash receipts and managing the payment run. Ensuring they are accurately reconciling the balance sheet and Bank accounts.
*Taking overall responsibility of the company’s accounting function currently they are using both Paprika & Xero
*Payroll processing & liaising with HR on Payroll amends
*Work closely with the Client Services Team to assist in the production of weekly time reports, time analysis, invoicing schedules, budgets, estimates and forecasts, staff utilisation, profitability reporting, working to minimise write offs.
*Preparing quarterly VAT returns
*Liaising with HR regarding payroll changes and assisting with year-end P11D and P35 returns
*Assisting with HR & IT Operations where relevant and liaising with relevant teams when required.
*Supporting with year-end reporting and Liaising with the external accountant
*Looking at implementing efficiencies within the finance processes looking at automation where possible
The Skills of the Financial Controller:
*Technically strong Financial Controller, used to working in a fast paced creative agency environment.
*You will be a Strong QBE or ACCA, CIMA, ACA finalist with a can do attitude and good attention to detail
*Good communication skills
*Understanding of Paprika Software would be ideal
*Happy working in an SME environment & Being in the office 3 days a week
*Strong Excel Skills
*Pro-active and able to work under your own initiative
*Great Man manager
VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients’ recruitment needs.
Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest
Sector: Communications Agency
Location: West London
Salary: £65,000 - £75,000 Full Time equivalent
Permanent: 4 days per week – Hybrid ( MTT in the office)
Ref: VFR 3247
VisionFR is delighted to be working with one of our clients and SME Communications agency of around 30 staff. The agency is owner managed and looking for a 4 or 5 day a week Financial Controller to join them. The role will business partner with the owner and oversee the Finance assistant/ bookkeeper. There is also a Fractional CFO working a couple of days a month as a mentor.
The role is to oversee and control the day to day finance function and produce meaningful management information/ forecasts enabling proper business management.
Key responsibilities of the Financial Controller:
*Preparing accurate & timely monthly reports Dashboards, variance analysis and KPIs.
*Producing regular cashflow forecasts
*Delivering monthly Revenue and Cash reports at management meetings.
*Preparing monthly management accounts including Profit and Loss account with variance analysis, Balance sheet and key KPI measures
*Having regular meetings with account management on revenue, Work in Progress (WIP), Job costing. And Revenue forecasting
*Oversee the Bookkeeper to ensure they are accurately and properly managing the transactional side of the business – Purchase ledger and Creditors and Invoicing and Accounts receivable together with posting cash receipts and managing the payment run. Ensuring they are accurately reconciling the balance sheet and Bank accounts.
*Taking overall responsibility of the company’s accounting function currently they are using both Paprika & Xero
*Payroll processing & liaising with HR on Payroll amends
*Work closely with the Client Services Team to assist in the production of weekly time reports, time analysis, invoicing schedules, budgets, estimates and forecasts, staff utilisation, profitability reporting, working to minimise write offs.
*Preparing quarterly VAT returns
*Liaising with HR regarding payroll changes and assisting with year-end P11D and P35 returns
*Assisting with HR & IT Operations where relevant and liaising with relevant teams when required.
*Supporting with year-end reporting and Liaising with the external accountant
*Looking at implementing efficiencies within the finance processes looking at automation where possible
The Skills of the Financial Controller:
*Technically strong Financial Controller, used to working in a fast paced creative agency environment.
*You will be a Strong QBE or ACCA, CIMA, ACA finalist with a can do attitude and good attention to detail
*Good communication skills
*Understanding of Paprika Software would be ideal
*Happy working in an SME environment & Being in the office 3 days a week
*Strong Excel Skills
*Pro-active and able to work under your own initiative
*Great Man manager
VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our workforce and whilst fulfilling our Clients’ recruitment needs.
Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest
Job number 3196108
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Company Details:
VisionFR
Company size: 1–4 employees
Industry: Media, Digital
About usVisionFR is run by people who have worked in Marketing and Creative in senior financial and commercial positions, all are ACA qualified. We ar...