Financial Controller

Your new company
Hays Senior Finance is partnering with a well-established, purpose-led organisation in Birmingham to recruit a Financial Controller. Reporting directly to the Director of Finance, this is a senior role with responsibility for ensuring robust financial control, accurate reporting and statutory compliance, alongside leading and developing a sizeable finance team. Importantly, this isn't just a traditional financial control position. The organisation is looking for someone who can help modernise the finance function, improve systems and processes and identify opportunities to use automation and emerging technology to work more efficiently.

Your new role
As Financial Controller, you will:

• Lead the production of monthly management accounts, balance sheet reporting and reconciliations, capital expenditure reporting and annual statutory accounts.
• Take responsibility for maintaining strong financial controls and ensuring compliance with relevant accounting and regulatory requirements.
• Lead on statutory audit activity and manage relationships with external auditors.
• Oversee VAT and corporation tax returns.
• Lead and develop a finance team, creating a collaborative and high-performing environment.
• Review and map existing finance processes, identifying opportunities for improvement and greater efficiency.
• Support the development and implementation of new finance systems and technologies.
• Explore opportunities to introduce automation and AI across financial operations and reporting.
• Oversee cash flow forecasting and support effective short and long-term liquidity management.
• Work closely with stakeholders across the organisation, providing clear and pragmatic financial advice.

What you'll need to succeed
You will be a fully qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent) with strong technical accounting expertise and experience operating within the charity or not-for-profit sector. Crucially, you will have a thorough understanding of Charity SORP and FRS 102, together with hands-on experience of producing statutory accounts in accordance with Charity SORP.You'll also bring:

• Strong people leadership experience within finance.
• Experience of financial systems' development, process mapping and process improvement.
• Advanced Excel and financial systems' capabilities.
• The ability to communicate complex financial information effectively to non-finance stakeholders.
• A continuous improvement mindset and an interest in how technology can improve finance operations.

Experience of SUN Accounts or a comparable ERP system, finance system implementations/upgrades, automation tools or AI would be advantageous.

What you'll get in return
This is an excellent opportunity to join a values-led organisation in a highly visible finance leadership role. You'll have the opportunity to combine technical financial control and team leadership with a genuine remit to improve, modernise and develop the finance function. In return, you will receive a salary of £61000, hybrid working and a great benefits package.

What you need to do now
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