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Group Financial Controller

April 27, 2023 | Comments Off on Group Financial Controller

Group Financial Controller - Edinburgh Based (hybrid working home and office)

This is an exceptional opportunity for a finance person who wants to work within a high achieving environment that will offer a long-standing career and the opportunity to grow a role as the organisation grows. If you are someone who wants to prove themselves and would like to build a finance function from the ground up and manage a diverse range of finance assets, then this role would be ideal. You will also be managing external service providers and in time a team.

Reporting to the CFO, the Group Financial Controller will work to ensure delivery of timely group reporting on a monthly and annual basis, will have day to day responsibility for controlling expenditure and funding flows, and will have oversight responsibility for timely reporting for all international operating companies and / or project SPV's.

As of April 2023, the Company's international operating companies and SPVs include entities in Spain, Italy and US. Further expansion is envisaged as part of the current 5-year business plan.

Key activities and responsibilities:

  • The preparation of monthly management accounts for the UK entities in the group.
  • The production of the monthly consolidated financial results and monthly management data to the Board of Directors and others
  • Partnering with development teams in monitoring project budgets and expenditure
  • Supporting the Budget and Forecast processes including regular updating of cashflow forecasts
  • Supervision of accounts payable processes in the UK and overseas
  • Preparation of UK VAT filings and coordinating the compilation of tax pack information
  • The preparation of statutory accounts for the Group TopCo, ensuring timely audit sign off.
  • Managing the preparation and sign-off of statutory accounts for overseas companies, working with the relevant local advisors
  • Providing guidance to the Senior team on complex accounting issues
  • Driving improvement in all statutory reporting activities across the Company
  • Responsible for various, local, audit controls including Intercompany reconciliations, inter-company transfers

Qualifications and experience:

  • ACA Qualified and experience of working with a multinational business
  • IFRS and Group consolidation experience required
  • Strong communication skills
  • Experience within a construction and/or development environment desirable
  • Attention to detail and the desire to develop and improve systems and processes
  • Flexible, proactive and self-motivated, team player with excellent organisational skills
  • Strong communication skills, ability to negotiate and build relationships across the wider business

By applying for this role, your details will be sent to Ortolan People, who are engaged to provide recruitment support in processing applications. We will endeavour to respond to all applicants within three working days. Occasionally for roles with a very high volume of applicants, this may not be possible.

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