Financial Controller

Are you a numbers ninja with a passion for precision and a knack for financial control?

Do you thrive in environments where your inquisitive approach and leadership make a real difference?

This role is a little bit different; we know a thing or two about numbers so we know it will be challenging, but your precision and expertise will ensure our internal finance function is optimal. The impact you'll have, and therefore sense of achievement will be huge.

As our Finance Team are based in our Torquay office you would be expected to spend a proportion of your working week at that location, however, our hybrid working approach allows you to work from our Exeter office or from home.

What you'll be doing day to day

• Lead, develop and motivate the Control Team.


• Manage the Finance function in the absence of the Chief Financial Officer.


• Produce annual financial statements for the LLP and group companies, including consolidation of subsidiary entities' results.


• Deliver monthly management information reports across the firm and up to Board level.


• Act as a lead on partner remuneration payment processes.


• Oversee treasury management, banking, taxation, and company house requirements.


• Maintain and develop control policies and procedures, including provision of training, guidance, and support to end users.
  
  Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or ACMA) with significant post-qualified experience.


• Experience of working in professional services organisation and ideally within a partnership (LLP).


• Extensive Team leadership and development experience.


• Project management experience.


• Thorough working knowledge of FRS.


• Experience of financial systems development.


• Strong MS Excel and ideally proficiency in MS SQL.
  
  We're the largest firm of independent chartered accountants and business advisors in South West England. We have nine offices in Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Southampton, Taunton, Torquay and Truro.


The firm, which celebrated its centenary in 2019, has annual revenue of over £65 million and a 900-strong team based across our offices. Our continuing growth offers you the opportunity to expand and develop your career in a direction that interests you.

We offer a supportive and flexible culture, taking your career seriously to enable you to be the best you can be. Since September 2022, PKF Francis Clark has been certified as a Great Place to Work.

We work hard to ensure that ours is a culture where you can be yourself, develop and be part of a forward-thinking team that makes brilliant things happen. We ranked as one of the UK's Best Workplaces in 2023, and again in 2024 when we rose nine places to 24th in the list of the UK's Best Workplaces (Large Organisations).

We've also been ranked 46th out of 89 in the UK's Best Workplaces for Women 2023 (Large Organisations) and 40th out of 79 in the UK's Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2023 (Large Organisations). PKF Francis Clark has been highlighted as a top achiever among the UK's Best Workplaces in Consulting & Professional Services by workplace culture experts Great Place to Work.

And in recognition of our outstanding training programmes for graduates, school leavers and career changers, we're ranked 28th among England's Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers by the Department of Education and High Fliers Research.

Whilst we're proudly independent, PKF Francis Clark is a member of the PKF Global family of firms, which together are ranked as the 12th largest provider of accountancy services in the UK by Accountancy Age. As part of a global community of business advisors in 150 countries, the opportunities to expand your horizons by connecting with PKF colleagues around the world are endless.

Pulled from the full job description

• Car scheme


• Company pension


• Cycle to work scheme


• Gym membership


• Paid volunteer time


• Private medical insurance, Pension


• Group life assurance - up to four times your core salary


• Group income protection


• Health cash plan to help cover the costs of everyday healthcare


Health & Wellbeing benefits:

• Private medical insurance


• Option to buy 5 extra days holiday


• Counselling and support for you and your immediate family


• Virtual GP for you and your immediate family


• Cycle to work


Other benefits:

• Medicash Extras providing you with shopping and gym discounts


• Gifts for career and family milestones


• One volunteering day per year to support local organisations


• Emergency funding from the Francis Clark Charitable Foundation


• Electric vehicle lease scheme


Please note

• These benefits are provided via a salary exchange and are subject to employee's post exchange hourly rate remaining above the national minimum wage.