Group Financial Controller | Newcastle
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Recruiter: Rutherford Cross
Company: 3t Group
Title: Group Financial Controller
Location: Newcastle
Salary: Highly competitive salary and wider benefits package is available
Contract type: Permanent
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The Company
3t is a world leader in global workforce training and competency. They work in partnership with people and businesses to create the best learning outcomes for them and their teams, that make lasting impact on careers, businesses, and industries. 3t is the combination of world-leading companies that are together transforming training in the energy, and wider safety-critical sectors, combining cutting-edge immersive technology with award-winning high-impact workforce training. By bringing all of their companies under the 3t name, it reinforces their standing as a global training powerhouse operating across 60 countries worldwide.
Training, Technology and Transformation are the cornerstones of 3T and their world leading businesses and joint ventures. With a truly global customer base, they operate across 60 countries and are represented by a diverse workforce of over 17 nationalities, with offices and training centres located in the UK, North and South America, and the Middle East. 3T are proud to be the UKs leading training provider for the energy, and wider safety critical sectors, and a major player globally.
This Financial Controller role comes at a key time for the company, the Group is forecast to exceed £75m of revenue in the next twelve months and it is expected that this will at least double in the medium term through a combination of organic and inorganic growth. Following a change in the team, the Group CFO needs to appoint a new Group Financial Controller (FC) to take accountability and to ensure that robust and accurate financial accounting, reporting, and financial controls are in place across the Group.
This role will suit an ambitious qualified and experienced individual seeking a role that positions them well for future progression to Group Finance Director level. The company are seeking an individual who is comfortable in a fast paced, energetic environment and is a natural self-starter.
The role
Reports to: Finance Director
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ownership and development of a group finance function, including group reporting, management reporting, tax and treasury
- Internal reporting, including consolidated monthly management accounts, and ad hoc reporting to the business with the ability to refresh and develop reporting to ensure it remains insightful and fit for purpose
- Review of consolidation process and implementation of a suitable consolidation tool
- External reporting, including reporting financial information to lenders, investors and other key external stakeholders
- Day-to-day relationships with lenders and funders, including covenant compliance and robust cash forecasting
- Management of external audit and development and documentation of strong internal controls framework to support rapid future growth
- Maintenance of up-to-date technical knowledge of IFRS and UK GAAP within the team
- Ownership of group and subsidiary accounting policies
- Ownership of statutory accounts and tax filings in the UK and overseas
- Direct responsibility for annual statutory audit workstreams
- Treasury management, including multi-currency FX and hedging strategies
Required experience:
- A relevant accounting qualification: CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA
- Exceptional levels of technical accounting knowledge coupled with the desire and ability to be the ‘subject matter expert’
- Ability to be the ‘right hand’ person to the Group CFO
- Understanding of larger and complex business structures and groups
- A proven track record in group structures
- Experience of leading and developing teams
- The ability to manage external stakeholders
- Strong commercial acumen
To find out more on remuneration, the role or to see a full Position Profile, please contact their retained advisor, Hazel Wynn at Rutherford Cross by emailing hazelwynn@rutherfordcross.com
Please note that any direct or third party approaches will be sent to Rutherford Cross for review and assessment.