Financial controller

Financial Controller - Wigan, UK - Up to GBP35,000 Industry: Freight Forwarding / Logistics Job Type: Full Time Purpose of Post: Responsible for managing the Finance team and ensuring there is appropriate reporting, financial control and efficiency as well as insightful business partnering across the group. Main Duties: Manage, motivate and develop the finance team. Create insightful, accurate and timely monthly reporting pack that clearly explains business performance. Prepare cash flow projections to enable appropriate treasury management. Strive for continuous improvement by proposing changes to reporting, forecasting and financial processes. Develop systems to ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded and controlled and can be reported in a clear and timely way. Develop budgets and financial forecasts for the company. Lead the financial audit process and the completion of the statutory accounts. Continually seek out margin improvement or cost reduction opportunities. Manage the reporting to external stakeholders such as the bank, investors and Producer Organisations. Ensure appropriate hedging is in place for foreign exchange, commodities and interest rates. Act as a key strategic and commercial business partner to influence business decision making. Evaluate, track and review capital spend within the group. Ensure that the business is appropriately insured. Ensure that taxes are correctly calculated, processed and paid. Assist the FD in presenting reports to senior executives, stakeholders and Board members and deputise when required. Skills Qualifications: Qualified accountant with a minimum of 5 years post qualified experience Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills Must be honest, reliable and act with integrity Solid written and verbal communication skills Should be willing to challenge and strive for fact based decisionsWR Logistics are the #1 recruitment partner for all vacancies in the logistics industry. We recruit UK wide for permanent and contract jobs. WR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy