Group Financial Controller - Poole - to £70K Neg - Bond Williams : Job Details

Our client is an award winning business established in Dorset almost 30 years ago and is now a well known brand that operates internationally. They are recruiting a Group Financial Controller for their retail business. You will report into a Group Finance Director and have responsibility for:

• Active management, recruitment and training of the local financial controllers/managers in the UK, Europe, Australasia and Greater China.
• Review of group retail management accounts.
• Preparation of a monthly finance commentary to cover the consolidated P&L to cover key variances in sales and profitability and provide market insight.
• Ensure that best practice is adopted.
• Providing accounting and reporting guidance to local teams and ensure standards are consistently followed.
• Work alongside other internal teams to coordinate and review the sales forecasts, annual budgets and ad hoc financial modelling requests.
• Liaise internally to review the impact of intercompany transactions, such as stock/other purchases, cost of goods and internal pricing.
• Analyse and report on the Sales & Admin costs within the entities.
• Ensuring clear accountability for financial compliance including tax, accounting standards, and corporate policies.
• Guide and encourage the local finance teams to adopt the UK best practice model for finance business partnering and operational support.
• Support the Group Tax and Audit managers in all aspects of tax, audit and statutory reporting.
• Ad Hoc project work and support for the Group Finance Director and wider business as required.
• Mainly office based, but some WFH is possible.

Suitable Candidates

• Qualified accountant ACA / ACCA / CIMA
• Experience in high volume, retail and digital operations.
• Managerial background and experience working within a retail finance team and a passion for technology-driven process improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and relationship building.
• Advanced Excel essential and experience of using Google Sheets an advantage.
• Willingness to travel abroad.
• Foreign languages useful but not essential

Benefits

• Negotiable attractive salary
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays + holiday purchase
• 6 months' full pay for parental leave (primary caregiver)
• Enhanced paternity leave
• Bonus scheme
• Many other fantastic benefits

Bond Williams Professional Recruitment are an equal opportunity employer and operate as an Employment Business and Recruitment Agency