Job description
Axon Moore are working with a high growth, entrepreneurial, award winning, software company based in central Manchester who are preparing for the next stage of growth after completing a funding cycle.
We are looking for an interim Financial Controller to take the lead on several high profile projects plus take on more general FC duties.
Duties:
We are looking for an interim Financial Controller to take the lead on several high profile projects plus take on more general FC duties.
Duties:
- Deal with systems and process improvement and implementation
- Drive systems that support efficiency, excellent governance and data availability to support planning and reporting
- Payroll (include B2B sales team commissions)
- Deal with international operations / consolidation / multi-currency etc
- Management reporting with perfect financials and more commercial KPI’s
- Lead the budget / forecast process
- Identify initiatives to improve cost and cash performance
- Data analysis, commercial analysis, forecast/modelling.
- Implementation of improved forecasting and KPI driven model
- Tight closures on weekly flash, monthly MI, annual accounts etc
- Management reporting pack monthly
- Year-end accounts / management of audit process.
- Indirectly assisting with managing a small, high-quality, team.
- Qualified accountant.
- Commerce background preferred.
- Experience of Sage, Sage Payroll and Salesforce ideally.
- Expert excel skills
- B2B SAAS or software business experience ideally, potentially could be digital retail/service
- Hands-on experience combined with some strategic development
- Need understanding of business from start to finish
- Solid experience in a £20-80m revenue environment
- Tenacious attention to detail. Ability to manage multiple workstreams and deadlines
- Good communication with finance and non-finance staff
- Will thrive in demanding / rewarding growth company understanding the need for agile, pragmatic solutions
- Add value to a finance function which must quickly become fit for purpose for a company 3-4 times larger