Financial Controller

Our client international service company seeks an experienced Financial Controller.

Key Responsibilities

Core Finance

• Ensure general ledger and financial statements are complete and accurate.
• Ensure that payables, receivables, and invoicing functions are complete, accurate and fully reconciled.
• Ensure the adequate and effective billing and collection process.
• Establish and maintain strong controls around credit collections. Monitor debtor levels and proactively lead discussions to ensure debt is collected timely.
• Establish a robust system of control for the purchase of goods and services.
• Ensure we are getting the best value for money from suppliers by implementing the procurement policy.
• Maintain the fixed asset register and ensure adequate treatment of acquisitions and disposals.
• Ensure general ledger reconciliations including deferred income and cash and relevant Balance Sheet accounts are performed.
• Design, maintain and enforce a robust internal control system and compliance environment for all functions and maintain a documented system of policies and procedures.
• Responsibility for ensuring that local cash management is optimised.
• Liaise with banks, audit, legal and tax providers as necessary. Comply with government reporting requirements and tax filings.
• Ensure we always have adequate insurance cover.
• Work closely with HR on people related processes such as payroll, performance evaluations, annual salary increments.
• Make sure finance system users are trained and are using the systems correctly and to their full potential.

Financial Reporting

• Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly and annual financial information per the reporting timetable, including KPI reporting.
• Prepare monthly budget variance reports and work on corrective actions to ensure the budget is met.
• Conduct monthly review of actual expenditure for capital projects versus approved budget spend, highlight deviations and implement controls to avoid overspend.
• Co-ordinate and ensure accurate reporting of cash collections and debtors reporting.
• Establish processes to ensure accurate data collection and review of monthly KPI data , enrolments and headcount.

Financial Planning & Analysis

• Co-ordination of the annual budget and bi-annually P&L forecasting process , ensuring a comprehensive understanding of the underlying assumptions and communication with all functional areas.
• Work on mitigation plans for any underperformance.
• KPI and performance monitoring to identify any areas for improvement
• Assist the group with gathering data and preparing reports for key personnel as requested.
• Support the utilisation of PBCS Planning & reporting system.
• Support the Annual Fee Setting process.
• Produce monthly cash flow statements versus budget and forecast cash projections, to ensure we have adequate funding and assess the impact of significant cash outflows on cash forecasts.
• Provide financial analysis for decision support including capital investments, pricing decisions, and contract negotiations.

Operational & Commercial Support

Undertake such other reasonable responsibilities and tasks that may, from time to time.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

The successful candidate will need to have a minimum 5 years’ accounting and finance operational experience in a commercial environment. They will be a self-starter who uses initiative, can manage a varied workload, is deadline driven and has the commitment to seeing a change process through from start to finish.

• Qualified accountant (ACCA, ACA or equivalent)
• Strong technical accounting skills including a good knowledge of IFRS
• Strong budgeting/forecasting experience
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships at senior levels and wider organisation and influence key stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills
• Flexibility, multi-tasking mindset and an ability to deal with shifting priorities
• Comfortable managing a variety of financial (group and regional finance, bank, auditors, tax etc) and non-financial stakeholders
• Advanced Excel skills
• Demonstrable understanding of working with information systems and implementing ERPs
• Fluent in written and spoken Polish and English