Financial Controller at Hartleys Supermarket and Stores

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensuring the business meets all its statutory and compliance obligations, including statutory accounting and tax issues.
• Creation of company accounting policies according to best practice and standards.
• Prepare Monthly, Quarterly and Annual Financial reports, including consolidated financial statements and cash flow statements
• Provide timely, accurate and relevant financial information for strategic decision making and external audit purposes
• Manage the organizations’ general ledger and ensure all transactions are processed in line with acceptable accounting principles
• Manage the company revenue and expenditure accounts
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of the monthly ‘financial close’ activities
• Oversee the performance of periodic ledger and bank reconciliations as required
• Maintain relationships with company banks and other relevant financial institutions
• Management and coordination of annual statutory audit.
• Cash flow management and projections
• Overseeing of the accounts payable, receivables and other finance function
• Act as trusted business advisor to all members of the business area being supported in order to challenge and support the business to improve overall performance
• Providing insights on the financial health of the organization.
• Keeping track of market trends.
• Seek cost-reduction opportunities.
• Developing relationships with external contacts such as auditors, solicitors etc
• Develop savings & profit targets/ KPIs in line with business objectives and action standards
• Provide financial input into supply chain projects
• Identify key areas of opportunities and improvement gaps
• Training and development of the Finance of team
• Management of company’s ERP
• Ensuring that transactions and reporting are carried out in an automated environment
• Effective working capital management
• Leading the budgeting/forcasting and planning processes for the company

WORK EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT

• Minimum of 8 years work experience
• Professional qualification is required (ACCA, ACA, ICAN, CIMA)
• Experience in Retailing/Merchandising industry is a must.

Other Requirements

• Hands-on experience in the use of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is required
• Financial Modelling experience is very essential

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• Building Collaborative and Healthy Relationships -  Amiable enough to  easily build productive working relationships with co-worker, external customers and resources whilst valuing people of different backgrounds, cultures and demographics.
• Communication and Presentation Skills - Expresses ideas clearly and concisely; passing information (written and Orally) to stakeholders appropriately
• Self – Leadership and Accountability – Ability to take ownership and work with little supervision
• Possession of Financial Modelling Skills
• Strong Analytical skills