An Interim Group Financial Controller is required for a 12 month contract by our £300m turnover international branded consumer products Group client.

Responsibilities

Reporting to the CFO, key responsibilities encompass:

• overseeing and monitoring an effective control environment across the Group
• providing strategic information and advice to the executive leadership team
• leading a team of c30 staff via 3 direct reports
• Group External Financial Reporting
• Tax compliance (corporation tax and VAT)
• Group Management Reporting
• Transaction Finance (AP, AR, credit control and payroll)
• support the CFO on a group wide system implementation of Microsoft Dynamics ERP

The Candidate

• Qualified accountant – ACA/ACCA with minimum 10 years post qualification experience – ideally with experience in a business for which stock is a key component of the balance sheet
• Strong financial reporting experience with a sound understanding of tax management
• An excellent leader of and motivator of people, experienced in managing large teams in finance
• Understanding of MS Dynamics would be useful.