The Opportunity:
Finatal is working with a transformational IT services firm. Empowering their clients to create sustainable value through effective use of technology, they have a proven track record of success in delivering comprehensive IT services in partnership with leading global software and hardware developers.
With £100m t/o and £25m EBITDA currently, they are operating on about 50% recurring revenue. Backed by leading institutional investors, they are expanding internationally through a dynamic buy-and-build strategy.
This is a varied role, assisting in leading multiple aspects of the Group finance function, with a broad remit encompassing reporting, business partnering and statutory responsibility.
This role will assist in delivering month-end and year year-end reporting; the audit and statutory accounts process; and will play an active role in helping to drive process improvements and efficiency gains.
Responsibilities:
- Play a leading role in producing consolidated results within deadlines.
- Assisting in the delivery of the Board pack presentation including writing analytical commentary and providing insight.
- Key month end responsibility, including:
- Monthly P&L variance analysis versus comparatives and budgets with a focus on Sales to GP
- Review of product profitability and margin reporting
- Departmental business review packs and reporting
- Assisting in preparation of draft results
- Responsibility for submission of UK results into parent group consolidation system
- Play a leading role in reporting to ultimate parent group
- Assisting the group audit ensuring all group wide deliverables are produced within the timeframe and being a key point of contact for the auditors
- Assist in the compilation of statutory accounts ensuring filing within appropriate deadlines.
- Help to establish, maintain and continuously improve effective internal controls and financial policies and procedures for the group, ensuring adherence to the group’s governance and risk management frameworks.
- Business partnering and P&L review with heads of departments
Requirements:
- ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualification.
- Excellent Excel skills.
- Knowledge of Business Central ERP solution, with Cognos, Sage and Xero being desirable.
- Strong quantitative orientation, as evidenced by academic background or prior quantitative work experience.
- Strong attention to detail with high personal standards for accuracy and quality of work.
- Self-motivated, proactive and curious disposition, with a natural tendency toward investigating. information that seems interesting or anomalous.
- Able to adapt to a fast moving environment.
- Excellent communication skills, communicating with all levels of seniority within the business.
- Previous experience in audit desirable.
