Financial Controller

Fireward Ltd

Fireward Ltd are leading providers of high quality fire suppression systems. Specialising in helping companies prevent fires, the business has continued to grow into assisting new sectors and now supply a multitude of systems. Fireward are major providers to OEM's such as Volvo, CAT, JCB.

The role will lead and manage the Financial team to ensure the efficient day to day running of the department.

The Financial Controller is responsible for the allocation of the daily tasks, the control of the General Ledger, the preparation of the monthly Management Accounts to include Profit and Loss, Balance Sheet, Cashflow and the analysis of any variances.

The Financial Controller will assist the Group Financial Director in the preparation of the annual budget, annual statutory accounts, tax computations and any ad-hoc projects as required.

Key Accountabilities

Performance

• Deliver all agreed Financial Controller projects and processes on time and to an agreed standard
• Achieve both personal & team KPI's as set by the Group Finance Director

Organisational

• Have good organisational skills with the ability to prioritise workload
• Manage the daily tasks and workload of the department
• Manage the Stock, Ordering, 3-way matching and accounting for the production business
• Maintaining the nominal ledger and chart of accounts
• Maintaining and posting monthly journals
• Oversee the Accruals and Prepayments at month-end
• Liaison and reporting to HMRC
• Calculation, preparation and review of the monthly management accounts to include profit and loss, balance sheet and cashflow
• Assisting with the year-end statutory account preparation
• Assist in the determination of departmental KPI's
• Assist in the preparation of the annual budget and any forecast as required
• Reviewing the monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Facilitating quarterly review of the invoice Discounting facility
• Overseeing the credit insurance for debtors

Customer Engagement (Internal & External)

• Work with the leadership team to ensure that they are furnished with the latest set of management figures and any ad-hoc information as required
• Provide managers and staff with clear access to key information to allow for appropriate decision making
• Provide an environment where both internal and external customer are dealt with in a courteous and efficient manner

Development

• Keep up to date with relevant aspects of accounting techniques and current legislative changes
• Seek feedback and react positively, taking action to develop skills

Team Work

• To work closely with all members of the Finance team and all the teams in the Dunmow Group to ensure the smooth operation of the credit accounts
• Work with all departments and staff to identify any issues that should be resolved to continuously improve processes

Key Skills & Experience

• Effective communicator (verbal & Written) across all levels of the organisation.
• Good team player working towards a common goal
• Computer literate and numerate with an understanding of Microsoft Office or similar
• Ability to stay calm under pressure, prioritise and ensure project and task completions
• Experience of dealing with customers and queries
• Be self-confident, polite, courteous with a customer friendly approach and manner