Financial Controller

Financial Controller

Borehamwood | £70,000-£80,000 | Permanent

A growing stock-led wholesale and e-commerce business is looking for a commercially minded Financial Controller to take ownership of its accountancy function following a sustained period of growth.

This is less about inheriting a perfectly polished accountancy department and more about improving what is already there. The business has grown quickly, creating a genuine need to redesign processes, strengthen controls and build better financial reporting for the leadership team.

Based in Borehamwood , you'll report directly into senior leadership, manage a small finance team and have the autonomy to shape how finance operates as the business moves into its next stage.

The role

As Financial Controller, you'll take responsibility for both the day-to-day finance operation and the development of a more scalable reporting and control environment.

You'll be joining a stock-led wholesale and e-commerce business where understanding stock, margin, working capital and cash flow is particularly important.

You'll be responsible for:

Producing monthly management accounts, including meaningful variance and margin analysis

Redesigning finance processes and controls to support continued growth

Developing management information and financial reporting for senior leadership

Building budgets, forecasts and cash flow models

Improving reporting around stock, gross profit, margins and working capital

Taking ownership of balance sheet reconciliations and financial controls

Managing cash, banking and funding relationships

Overseeing transactional finance across receivables, payables and credit control

Improving systems, automation and the wider finance infrastructure

Managing intercompany accounting and reconciliations

Preparing year-end files and liaising with external accountants and auditors

Managing and developing a small finance team

Working closely with operational and commercial teams across the business

What we're looking for

The successful Financial Controller will ideally be ACA, ACCA or CIMA qualified and comfortable operating in an entrepreneuri...