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Financial Controller

Rutherford Briant·Ipswich·Posted 6 days ago
💰 50-60k GBP/year
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Job description

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Rutherford Briant are recruiting for a Financial Controller for business with a great culture.  As a member of the Finance Team, the main focus of your role is to successfully prepare monthly management accounts on a timely basis. You will require meticulous attention to detail and be able to meet tight deadlines.
You will provide day-to-day support to members of the finance team, work closely with other departments and multiple sites across the UK. You will demonstrate excellent business partnering skills, in order to build strong working relationships at all levels across the business.

Typical duties;

  • Timely preparation of monthly management accounts,
  • Preparation of commentary for directors and bank,
  • Management of treasury and company cashflow to monitor seasonal cash flows within the business.
  • Manage the external audit process,
  • Involvement in preparation and review of annual statutory accounts,
  • Review of bank reconciliations
  • Review of payroll reporting,
  • Reporting to franchisee partners and owning the day to day relationship,
  • Managing of annual site performance and liaising with site partners to communicate rental payments,
  • Review of VAT return preparation,
  • Quarterly stock controls and counts to be coordinated,
  • Assisting in Internal process improvement and controls environment
  • Assisting in annual budget preparation,
  • Numerous ad-hoc reports and other tasks


The ideal candidate will have proven experience in delivering monthly management accounts and supporting commentary in a timely manner and preparing monthly financial reforecasts.
In addition to this, there will be significant scope for this role to develop due to the entrepreneurial nature and ambition of the Company and it’s Directors resulting in a far more commercial focus than a typical FC role.

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Key skills

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Must-have skills
Monthly management accounts preparationStatutory accounts preparationExternal audit managementVAT return preparationTreasury managementFinancial reforecasting
Nice-to-have
Multi-site operations experienceFranchisee reportingStock control proceduresBusiness partnering
Soft skills
Attention to detailCommunicationRelationship buildingTime managementCommercial acumenTeamwork
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Application advice

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⭐ Highlight your monthly management accounts experience prominently as this is the main focus of the role

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📊 Quantify your management accounts delivery: 'Prepared monthly management accounts for 8 sites within 5 working days of month-end'

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🏢 Emphasise multi-site experience as they operate across multiple UK locations with franchisee partners

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💰 Showcase treasury and cashflow management skills as they specifically mention seasonal cash flow monitoring

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🤝 Demonstrate business partnering capabilities as they value strong relationships at all levels across the business

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  • Prepared monthly management accounts for 12 franchisee sites within 5 working days, improving reporting timeliness by 40%
  • Managed external audit process across 8 UK locations, delivering clean audit opinions and reducing audit fees by £15,000
  • Coordinated quarterly stock controls for £2.8M inventory across multiple sites, achieving 99.2% accuracy rates

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Dear Hiring Manager,

Rutherford Briant's Financial Controller position perfectly aligns with my expertise in monthly management accounts preparation and multi-site financial operations. Your emphasis on timely delivery and business partnering across franchisee relationships matches my proven track record in commercial finance environments.

My background in preparing monthly management accounts, managing external audits, and coordinating treasury functions across multiple locations would enable me to contribute immediately to your finance team's success.

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Interview questions

10 questions generated from this advert.

Technical

  • How do you ensure monthly management accounts are delivered on time?
  • Describe your experience with external audit processes
  • How do you manage VAT return preparation and compliance?
  • What's your approach to treasury management and cashflow forecasting?
  • How do you coordinate quarterly stock controls across multiple sites?

Behavioural

  • Tell me about a time you had to meet a tight financial reporting deadline
  • Describe how you've built relationships with non-finance stakeholders
  • Give an example of when you've improved a financial process
  • How do you handle working with multiple sites or locations?
  • Describe a situation where you had to communicate complex financial information to directors
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STAR answer examples

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Tell me about a time you had to meet a tight financial reporting deadline

During year-end closing at my previous company, our management accounts were due within 3 working days due to an urgent board meeting. I coordinated with 6 site managers to expedite their month-end submissions and worked overtime to consolidate accounts across all locations. I implemented a daily progress tracker and held brief morning calls with each site. Despite receiving late submissions from 2 sites, I delivered the consolidated management accounts 1 day early, enabling the board to make critical investment decisions worth £850,000.
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Describe how you've built relationships with non-finance stakeholders

As Financial Controller at a retail chain, I needed to improve cooperation from 8 store managers who were consistently late with their financial submissions. I visited each location to understand their operational challenges and created simplified reporting templates. I established monthly one-to-one calls to discuss their numbers and provided commercial insights about their store performance. Within 3 months, submission timeliness improved from 60% to 95%, and managers began proactively asking for financial analysis to support their decision-making.

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