Grafton Banks Finance is looking for a professinal and capable Financial Controller to join an established and fast-growing business, with offices near Hastings. The purpose of the assignment is to lead and mentor the finance team of 10 for success.

You will be a fully qualified (ACCA, CIMA or ACA) with extensive experience working for a complex organisation. This is a hands-on role where you will lead a team, oversee transactional finance and manage financial strategy.

Some of the key responsibilities include:

• Manage a finance team of 10 staff.
• Maintain the systems and processes for producing the management accounts.
• Manage the financial reporting and year end work
• Maintain up to date and meaningful balance sheet reconciliations and analysis.
• Oversee collation of information and creation of monthly results to ensure accurate and detailed information is available for the business management team in a timely fashion.
• Prepare management accounts with commentaries on a monthly basis including underlying performance.

The successful candidate will be:-

• Qualified accountant with 3+ years post qualified experience
• Experience managing a finance team and the month end closing process within a mid-sized organisation.
• Happy to work in the office 4-5 days per week.
• Strong evidence of process improvement and systems implementation.

• Can delegate effectively and maintains responsibility for completion of the task.
• Recognises the importance of dealin - g with issues immediately and doesn’t overlook poor standards.

In return for your knowledge and experience you will be rewarded with a competitive salary, a full handover, and a cohesive/supportive environment.

For more information, please send your cv asap to .