Financial Controller

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Healeys Cornish Cyder Farm is a family-run, year round visitor attraction and home to the famous Rattler Cyder! Since the company was founded in 1980, Healeys has grown incredibly, with listings across big Supermarket chains such as Sainsbury’s, Tesco, Asda and Morrisons, in addition to our regional and national wholesale partners. With a multi-faceted production facility specialising in a range of products from ciders, wines, preserves and spirits, our business is thriving and has a very exciting future ahead.

A fantastic opportunity is available to join our busy Finance Team, to become part of an iconic Cornish business, and to make your mark as Financial Controller.

Hours: 40 hours per week. Monday - Friday 8:30am to 5:00pm

Salary: £50,000 per annum

Duties & Responsibilities -

Business and Accounting Focus

To provide a high quality financial resource for the overall business and identity cost saving opportunities.
Business partner with key stake holders.
Maintenance of Fixed Asset registers.
Ensuring balance sheet nominals are regularly reconciled.
Preparation of fully reconciled working papers files for external accountants to prepare statutory accounts.
Review of tax position of business and recommendations for tax savings and planning.
Provide external auditors with accurate reports and financial data.
Research technical accounting issues as required.

Controls and Ledgers

To provide a transactional accounting service to the business through the management and control of the Sales and Purchase ledgers.
Supporting the Head of Finance through the review and development of robust internal control policies and efficient procedures.
Management of sales and purchase ledgers, including weekly review of Ledgers with respective Clerks ensuring Ledgers are maintained to a strong position.
Ensure quality and correct coding of financial transactions through periodic review of operational performance.
Work with purchase Ledger and Procurement Manager to ensure that procurement needs of the business are supported.
Responsible for ensuring payments are accurately and timely set up, approved and paid as required in online banking portal.
Authorisation of payments.
Ensure business funding needs are met in most cost-effective way; provide proactive recommendations on return on cash investments.
Responsible for submission of W1, W5, W21 HMRC Duty returns in line with respective deadlines.

Other

Provide ad-hoc commercial information to managers.
Work with business managers to reduce costs and plan activities to increase sales to customers.
Be willing to undertake any other relevant duties as required by best business practice, provide cover for absent office colleagues.
Ensure structure of the finance team is fit for purpose, complete with succession planning where appropriate.
Leading and developing team members ensuring all catch-ups, RTWs, appraisals etc. are completed on time .
Provide cover when Head of Finance is out of the office .
To represent Healeys and to strive to promote its brand through all activities.
Keep confidential all knowledge of company business, finance and statistics
Any other activity/tasks as and when requested by the Directors.

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