Financial Controller - Cowgills : Job Details

As one of the region’s leading independent chartered accountants and business advisors, Cowgills has the expertise and knowledge to provide you with a full-service offering. Our independence ensures that we can tailor our approach to suit our clients’ individual needs. We have over 200 talented, committed and engaged employees, totally focused on delivering financial guidance and growth strategies to our clients.

The Role:

As a Financial Controller, you will be a key member of the finance team, responsible for overseeing the financial operations and play a pivotal role in managing the month-end reporting process, ensuring accurate financial analysis, and maintaining financial controls. Working closely with the Finance Director, you will provide valuable insights to support strategic decision-making while also managing day-to-day financial affairs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversee the preparation of monthly management accounts for review by the Finance Director and Managing Partner, including all associated analysis and commentary for a number of limited companies.
• Overview of day-to-day affairs including payroll and expenses management, VAT returns, bank reconciliations, oversight of sales and purchase ledger functions, ledger postings and being able to assist in the event of staff absence.
• Liaise with stakeholders, both internal (gathering information from department heads ahead of month end reporting) and external (review of monthly reporting with parent company).
• Liaise with the auditors and facilitating the smooth running of the audit process.
• Production and maintenance of short-term cash flow forecasts.
• Key involvement in annual budgeting process.
• Support accounts assistants in their development and with day-to-day activities.

Skills and Experience:

• Demonstratable accounting expertise with proven experience in managing and developing a finance team.
• A formal finance qualification is advantageous but applicants who are qualified by experience are welcome.
• Hands-on approach to supporting ledger postings, ensuring seamless operations during staff absences and meeting critical reporting deadlines.

You might be the sort of person who has/is:

• Excellent time management skills: balancing multiple priorities while maintaining high-quality outputs in a fast-paced environment.
• Detail-oriented and methodical: ensuring accuracy in financial reporting while mentoring and empowering others to overcome challenges.
• A proactive problem-solver: with the ability to take ownership of issues and implement effective solutions.
• A collaborative mindset: working closely with colleagues and stakeholders to achieve business objectives.

Benefits

• People join Cowgills because of the positive and enjoyable culture that our people create, we can guarantee you’ll really love working here
• Life assurance
• Pension
• Social events
• Free parking
• List of benefits including, access to counselling services and subsidised health