Part-Time Financial Controller (Birmingham)

YRH Finance Team

YRH Finance Team is currently recruiting for an experienced Part time Financial Controller to join our team in Birmingham.

Introduction

YRH Finance Team began in 2007 and we have been rapidly expanding ever since. We now have 100+ finance professionals and 130+ clients whom we work with every week and month. Our purpose is to help SME business owners be more successful and feel happier, and we do this by professionalising their accounting function; enabling them to access, and implement, accounting best practices and work with the best finance people – streamlining their accounting process and preparing and explaining financial information that positively impacts profit and cashflow.

Working portfolio with YRH Finance Team means you will be able to work with amazing clients who really value the work you do with them. You will be part of a team of finance professionals that brings a sense of togetherness and shared insights, and you will be able to access our training and personal development which means you will stay relevant in a challenging and quickly evolving and competitive market. And not to mention we find the clients, which helps you build a sustainable and steady income whilst allowing you to work flexibly. (P.S., we are not a franchise, temp, or recruitment agency )

Rate of pay: £30.00 per hour

Location: Birmingham

The Role

As a Part time Financial Controller for YRH Finance Team, you will be providing SME clients with a tailored financial support service to help address barriers with their accounting process while preparing and explaining financial information that positively impacts profit and cashflow.

You will be:

• A qualified and experienced Financial Controller, who has previously managed a finance team
• Proficient in double entry, cashflow, forecasting, and budgeting
• Confident assessing and reporting on cash flow; including managing and reporting on debtors and creditors where appropriate
• Providing the client with timely and easily understood, forward looking financial information, which gives them clarity about the performance of their business and helps them make business decisions
• Providing robust analysis of the performance of the client’s business and making suggestions for improving profitability and cashflow
• Providing performance forecasts that are accurate and reasonable, adopting forecasting assumptions that ensure accuracy and reasonableness, to enable confident decision making
• Implementing financial controls and processes that are robust and relevant to the size and type of the client’s business and managing the quality, efficiency, and delivery of the bookkeeper where applicable
• Supporting the efforts of the Business Owner or Finance Director
• You have good written, and oral English language skills

Experience, Knowledge, and qualifications

• Fully qualified Financial Controller (ACCA/CIMA/ACMA/FCCA/ICAEW) or QBE (5+ years) with experience in managing a finance team
• Expert knowledge of Sage50, Xero and QuickBooks
• Proficient Excel user (specifically in pivot tables, modelling, sumif, and vlookup formulas)
• Experienced in bank account management, reconciliation, and presenting to Company Directors and Finance Director
• Technical understanding of various industries and sectors
• Experience in functional organisation and management of a team and deliverables
• Able to clearly express numbers in a commercial way
• Experience and understanding of setting up/enhancing a finance function, including developing relevant finance controls and processes
• Experience in being able to build relationships across all levels
• You are available for a minimum 2 days per week and work 7.5 hour days
• Can travel happily within 45min to work with clients onsite
• You are confident, resourceful, take pride in your contribution, able to work to deadlines, and well organised?

An excellent opportunity for an experienced, commercially minded individual to join a highly successful business within a thriving sector.

Our values define the working environment we strive to create; diverse, supportive, and welcoming of different views. We embrace a culture reflecting a variety of perspectives, insights, and backgrounds to drive innovation and build talented teams; encouraging our people to develop to their full potential.