Rutherford Cross is working with a highly innovative and unique organisation who are currently at scale-up stage and are recruiting their newly created role of Financial Controller. This will be a key hire for the business and will be a pivotal role in working closely with the Chief Financial Officer, helping to build the Finance Function. The role will ensure the organisation establishes a strong financial control framework, complies with all financial reporting requirements, and acts as the Subject Matter Expert on technical accounting requirements. The business is keen to appoint an ambitious and highly driven candidate for the role of Financial Controller. The role will report directly to the CFO with a lot of interaction with the Senior Leadership team.

A summary of some of the main duties are below:

• Develop and own an efficient and effective year-end process to deliver the Annual Report & Accounts, including writing papers for the Audit Committee on the key areas of financial judgement
• Produce a range of disclosures within the Annual Report & Accounts
• Ensure a strong and effective working relationship is maintained with the company’s external auditors
• Provide timely and insightful monthly management information to the ExCo and the Board, including key risks and opportunities
• Prepare financial regulatory reporting, ensuring complete, accurate and timely returns are submitted in line with the regulatory reporting obligations
• Work to ensure accurate and timely reporting of all secured funding arrangements
• Work with the advisors to prepare corporation tax computations in an accurate, timely manner Technical Accounting
• Contribute to the development of the Accounting Manual and Accounting Policies, ensuring they remain up-to-date and fit for purpose
• Act as the Subject Matter Expert for all technical accounting matters including IFRS 2 and IFRS 9 (including EIR) Financial Operations
• Develop the financial control framework so that it is appropriate and scalable as the balance sheet matures
• Ensure operational finance processes, including treasury back-office processes are efficient and effective and meet the needs of the business
• Maintain a complete and fully reconciled General Ledger ensuring all journals are complete, accurate, timely and valid
• Ensure all balance sheet accounts are reconciled and any issues are tracked through to resolution
• Manage supplier payment management
• Manage the core business bank account

For this role the company are looking for:

• Fully qualified accountant with appropriate post qualification experience
• Previous experience of working in a senior capacity in financial control / financial reporting in a regulated environment within banking and/or the lending sector of the Financial Services industry
• Hands on experience of working within a fast-paced, ever-changing SME organisation
• Strong financial acumen and excellent process skills, driven to impose a structured, robust and effective control environment
• Strong Technical Accounting skills with a particular emphasis on IFRS 2 and IFRS 9
• Significant involvement with the year-end audit processes including relationships with the external auditors
• Strong report writing experience (e.g. technical papers, MI packs) to senior management and Executive/Board Committees
• Corporation Tax knowledge and experience

This role will offer high levels of autonomy as well as a rare opportunity to join a business in its evolution. The successful candidate will help build infrastructure and contribute to making a real difference. On offer is a highly attractive salary in line with experience and good benefits.