Group Financial Controller (Exclusive)

Group Financial Controller (Exclusive)

VANRATH are delighted to be working exclusively with a dynamic group of companies based in Country Antrim to recruit a commercially astute hands-on Group Financial Controller. Reporting to the CEO the Group Financial Controller will manage the day-to-day financial operations of the group, providing strategic guidance and robust financial reporting.

The Rewards

• Market leading salary and benefits package
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Share options

The Role:

• Financial Management: Ensuring accurate and standardised financial control for each entity within the group.
• Management Accounts: Producing timely monthly management accounts for each company and a consolidated monthly set of accounts, including Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, and Cashflows.
• Budgeting and Variance Analysis: Preparing an annual financial budget for each company with monthly detail and analysing variances between actual results and budgeted figures.
• Cash Flow Forecasting: Generating both a group-level and individual company cash flow forecast, detailed by month, and overseeing cash management across the group’s trading companies.
• Statutory Reporting: Preparing annual statutory accounts for each subsidiary and consolidated accounts for the group holding company.
• Group Financial Management: Engaging actively in managing the group’s financial control function to ensure accuracy and alignment with strategic goals.
• Due Diligence for Acquisitions: Participating in ad-hoc financial due diligence on acquisition targets alongside external advisors.
• Investor Relations: Work with the investors in updating and maintaining the group financial model, including long-range business forecast.
• Debt Financing: work with senior management and investors on debt financings for the group

The Candidate:

• Professional Accountancy Qualification (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) with significant post qualification experience in a senior financial management role.
• Proficiency in financial management software (e.g., ERP systems, Excel) and financial modelling.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present financial information clearly to the senior leadership team
• High level of integrity and dependability, with a strong sense of urgency and results-orientation.

For further information on this vacancy, or any other Accountancy & Finance job in Belfast or wider Northern Ireland, please apply via the link below or contact Joanne Gordon in the strictest confidence.