Financial Controller

Rutherford Briant Executive are pleased to be supporting an existing client in Chelmsford, Essex, to recruit a Financial Controller into their team.

Our client is a well-known housebuilder who continue to grow year or year.

The main purpose of the role is to provide support to the Finance Director in reporting on the performance and in shaping the profit and cashflow forecasts for the region. You will manage the day-to-day finance operations whilst ensuring accuracy of all financial reporting within the region.

You will be the first point of contact for finance queries from departments across the region and from the Group function.Responsibilities:

• Ownership of all aspects of financial reporting including delivering month end. Review of journals, reconciliations and monthly management accounts with variance analysis.
• Review and challenge the regional financial information to ensure strong accuracy and taking full ownership of reporting to Group.
• Managing the region's joint venture projects, ensuring adherence to contractual and funding requirements and reporting to joint venture partners.
• Updating project appraisals on a monthly basis.
• Prepare and challenge the monthly profit forecast, including preparation of monthly project appraisals.
• Ownership of the weekly/ monthly cashflow forecast.
• Ownership of the finance section of the monthly board pack.
• Ownership of the annual budget pack.
• Ownership of all statutory deadlines including the annual audit, corporation tax, VAT etc.

The ideal candidate will be:

• Fully ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified.
• Experience within housebuilding or commercial construction.
• Team management experience.
• Able to run budgeting / forecasting process, both short and long term.
• Senior stakeholder exposure.

Please note that this will be a fully office-based role in Chelmsford, Essex. Typical working hours are 8:30am to 5:30pm. On site parking is provided.

Rutherford Briant is passionate about equity, diversity, and inclusion. We seek individuals from the widest talent pool and encourage underrepresented talent to apply to vacancies with us. We are committed to recruitment processes that are fair for all, regardless of background and personal characteristics.