Group Financial Controller

Your new company
This organization develops new homes and offers housing management, maintenance, support, and care services. They provide various housing options, including rental and shared ownership, to help people find affordable homes. They also have an online portal for customers to manage their accounts, pay rent, and report repairs. Additionally, they run a foundation to support digital skills, financial challenges, employability, and community pride.

Your new role
Role PurposeA member of the senior finance leadership team ultimately responsible for the delivery of all external financial reporting, statutory returns and submissions. Lead the production of the group's statutory accounts including the statutory consolidation and managing the external audit, leading the wider group finance team through the process.
Being the technical accounting expert for the whole group, responsible for the consolidation and preparation of the group's monthly management accounts, budgets and forecasts, overseeing the group's fixed asset accounting, whilst managing, maintaining and developing two key group financial systems, Adaptive Insights and A4K.
An agent for change across the whole of finance, identifying, assessing and implementing process improvements and engendering a culture of continuous improvement.
Key Accountabilities
Lead the audit process and ensuring compliance with the group's timetable, stakeholder requirements and applicable accounting standards.
Responsible for external audit and signing of unqualified accounts, Corporation Tax and VAT, and the associated risks of non-compliance. Own the relationships with the relevant professional advisors.
Lead the preparation of the group's consolidated statutory accounts, taking responsibility for the statutory consolidation.
Lead the consolidation process for production of the group's management accounts, budgets and forecasts.
Responsible for the delivery of all external financial statutory and regulatory reporting, including tax, NRosh,
Lead the continuing development and use of the group's consolidation, budgeting and financial planning system and maintaining the integrity of the data it holds.
Responsible for advising on the setting and application of the Group's accounting policies and to advise the Group on compliance with Accounting Standards, keeping up to date on best practice, and ensure it is followed.
Responsible that all financial reporting is technically compliant with accounting standards, internal corporate governance, risk management and relevant external laws and Acts.
Review, develop, implement and manage the systems, processes and procedures across the financial reporting division, and ensure all other divisions within finance comply with the group's financial policy and procedures.

What you'll need to succeed
Exceptionally strong technical accounting experience demonstrated with substantial senior management accounts and/or financial accounts experience. Professional qualifications and progression with a recognised accounting body would support this.
Experience and sound knowledge of complex group consolidation accounting is essential. Other desirable areas of expertise include FRS102, fixed asset accounting, joint ventures, financial instruments and defined benefit pension accounting.
Significant statutory accounts experience is essential, ideally having managed the external audit process for a group of companies. Experience of consolidation accounting is essential.
Knowledge and experience of the social housing sector; corporation tax; VAT groups; construction industry scheme; other regulatory returns is also desirable.
Experience with mergers and acquisitions and consolidation into group reporting and finance structure, would be desirable.
Experience with significant external stakeholders such as auditors and other advisors; management of the end-to-end process of a statutory audit for a group of companies, ensuring sign-off by the board of all the Group's accounts is essential.
Experience managing teams across different divisions within finance and managing staff of all levels, including reviewing team structures, planning for future growth and restructuring where appropriate to maximise efficiency.
Establish, lead and motivate the financial accounting team. Create and maintain systems that provide for the continuing development of that team, through professional courses and internal training. Create and maintain an environment where continual improvement in service delivery and "right first time" are shared goals throughout the team with clear written processes and a creative culture to ensure that all team members work together to identify opportunities for improvement.
The ability to work professionally and manage relationships with all levels in the business, up to Executive Board members and prior experience of such relationship management is desirable.
Strong all-round IT skills with expert level excel skills is essential. Experience with managing and developing specialist financial systems is desirable.
Track record of identifying the need for and implementing change, improving processes and introducing systems.
Ability to analyse, interpret and present information clearly and concisely.
Ability to manage workload and deliver outputs to specific deadlines.
Staff management experience is required.

What you'll get in return
Flexible working options available.

What you need to do now
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