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Job Description
Internal Job Title: Financial Controller Business: Blakley Electrics Ltd Location: Dartford Job Reference No: 4554
Job Purpose: An outstanding opportunity for an experienced and highly-motivated Financial Controller.
The role will be responsible for all financial activities within the company and the further development of local business systems, together with business partnering with the wider leadership team and Lucy Group finance teams.
Business Overview: Blakley Electrics is a UK manufacturer specialising in high performance power distribution, protection, transformer and lighting products, supplying sectors including construction, industrial, rail, nuclear and events. The company has operated for over 65 years and manufactures in house to ISO9001:2015 standards.
Job Context:
Financial Control and Records:
- Responsibility for effective financial control systems, processes and procedures
- Responsibility for maintenance of financial records.
- Responsibility for compliance with Group Policies and Procedures
- Responsibility for all areas of the year-end audit
- Financial oversight and auditing of perpetual inventory counting
- Cash management Financial Reporting:
- Responsibility for financial reporting to local business management.
- Responsibility for company reporting to Group.
- Responsibility for company tax pack reporting to Group.
- Responsibility for company statutory accounts
- Development of management reporting
Financial Planning:
- Responsibility for quarterly forecasts.
- Responsibility for annual budget
- Cash management and preparation of cash flow forecasts
- Preparation and co-ordination of medium-term management plan
Business Partnering:
- Collaborate with the Managing Director and the leadership team to provide financial information to support decision making
- Collaborate with Group Financial Planning & Analysis, Group Tax and Group Treasury.
- Develop financial and operating management information
- Review and analyse major sales tenders
- Supporting business initiatives (e.g. outsourcing, cost control and cost reduction)
- Fixed asset investment appraisal
- Provide the sales and commercial teams with appropriate customer payment solutions, to minimise company risk Costing:
- Management of product costing activities including:
- Annual preparation of product standard costs
- Variance analysis & reporting oversight
- Support for major tendering activities
Management of Finance Team:
- Management of local finance team
- Employee performance management
- Employee development
- Develop Business Processes and Systems
- Lead the continued development of the Epicor ERP business system
- Implement “best practices” supported with appropriate performance metrics
- Responsibility for development of financial reporting capabilities
To perform tasks commensurate with the position, and to have a flexible approach and attitude
Qualifications: Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience
- Working in a deadline orientated financial organisation.
- Ability to create and use financial models for development and analysis of the business.
- Fully qualified accountant or finalist (ACA, ACCA or CIMA).
- Recognised accountancy body
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills at all levels
- Ability to influence and direct people
- Must be able to work independently for significant periods of time
- Ability to demonstrate effective team working across all disciplines within the company
- Able to prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining quality and attention to detail
- Ability to integrate local and Group financial policies and procedures
Behavioural Competencies
- Good interpersonal skills
- Highly organised
- An ability to multitask
- Good attention to detail
- Good understanding of business as well as financial issues
- Able to make decisions and prioritise
- An ability to work to tight deadlines
- Pro active
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Responsibilities
Responsibilities: 1) Business Planning: Contribute to the development of annual and longer-term business plans; forecast performance against business key performance indicators (KPIs); develop business cases for key activities/projects; and estimate the financial and human resources required to deliver performance targets. 2) Financial Management and Control: Develop and/or deliver a plan for significant aspects of the financial management and/or control process. 3) Insights and Reporting: Prepare and coordinate the completion of various data and analytics reports. 4) Information and Business Advice: Provide specialist advice on the interpretation and application of policies and procedures, resolving queries and issues and referring very complex or contentious issues to others. 5) Recommendations: Advise others on how to design new processes and systems that meet professional standards. 6) Internal Client Relationship Management: Contribute to the management of partnering relationships with internal clients, building effective working relationships and providing high-quality professional services to support in delivering business strategy and plans. 7) Stakeholder Engagement: Contribute to stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns, arranging meetings and events and drafting supporting materials to promote understanding and commitment. 8) Financial Policies, Guidelines, and Protocols: Develop and deliver financial guidelines and protocols to ensure the company complies with regulations and good financial practice. 9) Operational Compliance: Identify, within the team, instances of noncompliance with the organization's policies and procedures and/or relevant regulatory codes and codes of conduct, reporting these instances and escalating issues as appropriate. 10) Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Qualifications
Educational Requirements: Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
General Experience Requirement: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
Managerial Experience Requirement: Experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues (7 to 12 months)
About Us
Lucy Group Ltd is the parent company of all Lucy Group companies. The Group is on a mission to improve people’s lives with intelligent power, smart lighting and sustainable homes. Since its origins in Oxford, UK, over 200 years ago, the group has grown and diversified. Through various businesses, today we employ around 1800 people worldwide across five continents and has a turnover exceeding £400m.
