Financial Controller

Location : Cardiff combined with flexible home working
Type : Permanent
Salary : £50k

Head4Talent is working exclusively with Idwal - a Cardiff-based maritime technology company and market-leaders in delivering global ship inspections to an international client base. Operating globally, they are a highly transactional, fast-growth business and have an ambitious plan to continue our growth trajectory over the next 3-5 years.

What you’ll do:

• Lead, reorganise and manage a global company finance function, comprising of a team of 4 people, reporting directly to the CEO.
• Implement new processes and procedures to drive scale, efficiency, accurate and timely reporting.
• Be responsible for P&L, balance sheet and cashflow reporting.
• Month-end accounting including revenue, costs, accruals, bank reconciliations, estimations etc.
• Develop and report relevant financial KPIs, to support the business growth.
• Manage salaries, payroll and pension arrangements.         
• Improve and distribute management reports in areas such as: commission, margin analysis, variance reporting, sales performance, debtors and cash flow forecasting.
• Assume complete ownership of the finance systems and processes, offering support to end users with queries and work closely with our in-house product and engineering team to ensure data integrity and accuracy of all data.
• Create and improve board reporting and board pack preparation.
• Lead year-end audit and prepare and file statutory accounts for Idwal Marine.
• Annual budget preparation.
• Deal with external debt providers and investors.
• Undertake in-house management of company taxation to submission level, and R&D tax credits.
• Manage the company VAT compliance and return procedures.
• Manage debtors and company cash management.
• Liaise closely with Group accountant in respect of co-ordination of audit and reporting arrangements.

What you’ll need:

• Good grasp of IT systems, including a variety of accountancy platforms and supporting systems such as CRM platforms and other tech platforms.
• Strong appreciation of the value of integrated data, automation and streamlined processes with appropriate financial controls.
• A progressive thinker and innovator with a passion for making improvements to process and workflows.
• Familiar and with high-volume, low-value, transactional businesses.
• Ability to deal with a range of stakeholders, including banking partners, investors, owners, customers and colleagues.
• EBITDA focused and high-growth mentality.
• Previous experience working within an owner/managed business would be advantageous.
• ACCA / ACA qualified.
• Accomplished at producing reports for senior management and executive level.
• Confident in operating with senior stakeholders at executive level.
• Future senior executive potential.