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Financial Controller

Plotbox

Plotbox

Accounting & Finance
United Kingdom
Posted 6+ months ago

Financial Controller


Location: Hybrid - 2 days per week in our Ballymena HQ, Co Antrim.


The Financial Controller will play a crucial role in overseeing all day-to-day and month-end activities related to the revenue process, including contract review in accordance with PlotBox’s revenue recognition rules, account reconciliations, reporting & analysis, and audit. Additionally, the role includes responsibilities for project pricing and comparing project budgets to actual project costs. This person will be part of a dynamic finance team, working closely with the CFO to gain practical experience in a growth and success-oriented environment.


What you will do :

  • Develop cash flow forecasts and provide regular updates to the CFO and senior management.
  • Run the monthly management accounts process, consolidating the accounts of our UK, US and Australian companies..
  • Monitor, forecast and manage the company’s cash flow to ensure liquidity and operational efficiency and provide regular updates to the CFO and senior management.
  • Lead project costing analysis and revisions to the pricing model.
  • Assist with performing balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly basis, maintaining supporting schedules for various entities and accounts, and assist with discrepancy resolutions.
  • Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual cost forecasts.
  • Work closely with the commercial and delivery teams to identify and recommend process improvements in the sales/revenue process.
  • Assist in preparing schedules and respond to inquiries and requests for support from management or external accountants in conjunction with PlotBox’s financial audit.
  • Assist with the preparation of Invest NI grant claims.
  • Develop comprehensive financial models to support business planning and decision-making.
  • Lead the annual budgeting process, coordinating with various departments to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
  • Monitor actual performance against budgets, identifying and explaining variances, and proposing corrective actions as needed.
  • Design, implement, and maintain a robust internal control environment to safeguard company assets and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
  • Oversee tax compliance, including the preparation and filing of tax returns.
  • Overseeing of payroll across UK, US and APAC
  • Compiling and preparing financial statements that comply with local accounting standards and regulations. This includes balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
  • Filing statutory returns, which might include annual returns, quarterly tax returns, and other regulatory reports. Ensuring all statutory deadlines are met to avoid penalties.
  • Ensuring accurate calculation of VAT payable or receivable by the company.
  • Prepare and file statutory returns in accordance with the accounting standards and regulatory requirements of each country where the company operates.
  • Responsible for government statistic surveys
  • Compiling of reports for SMT & Board

What we are looking for :

  • Degree in Accounting, Finance or related field
  • Fully qualified accountant ( ACA, ACCA, CIMA or equivalent)
  • 5+ years post qualification experience in management accounting, financial planning, analysis and reporting, ideally.
  • Experience with revenue recognition principles and practices
  • Strong experience in budgeting, forecasting and financial modeling.
  • Experience in preparing for and responding to financial audits

Desirable Experience -It's not a deal breaker, but ideally you will have:

  • Experience working with a technology company who are in a scale up phase of growth

Why should you join PlotBox ?

  • We have a clear mission - and a sense of pride in doing what we do - to ultimately lessen people’s pain at the most difficult time of their lives; this means a lot to our team.
  • We are a global company with over 120 colleagues based across the UK, Australia and North America. You’ll undoubtedly broaden your understanding and appreciation of global operations.
  • We have a passion for tech and innovation, actively exploiting new and cutting-edge tools and technologies to enhance our product and skillset.
  • We are proud that, since 2020, we have received our Great Place to Work® Certification™ - our staff have told us loud and clear that they love working for PlotBox.
  • We have also been recognised as one of the UK’s Best Workplaces for Development™ 2024 - we invest in employee growth; we nurture every career.
  • We are a truly diverse and inclusive workplace; we are proud to boast 43% femalé representation - which is almost double the average within the tech industry and helped put us on the UK’s Best Workplaces for Women listing in 2023
  • Our focus on wellbeing and a supportive culture has seen us ranked on the UK’s Best Workplaces for Wellbeing list (2023)
  • One of our core values is trust; you are trusted to do your job without someone micro-managing - we expect people to give their best efforts in return

Life at PlotBox - we appreciate that we may not be the right workplace for everyone, so below we have laid out what life at Plotbox is really like so you can decide if a career at PlotBox is for you !

  • We are a growing / scaling company - as such we don't always have everything neatly mapped out so you have to be comfortable with ambiguity sometimes
  • A 40 hour working week and flexible working hours. We ask everyone to be in the office during our core hours from 10-4pm meaning you can balance your work hours around life’s commitments.
  • Hybrid working - for most roles, our staff work 2 days per week in the office and we love the opportunity it gives us to collaborate face to face. This is not fixed and may change in accordance with the business needs
  • We believe in continuous improvement - so that can mean change is a pretty constant thing for us - we need our people to embrace change as opposed to resisting it
  • We believe feedback is crucial to development so we will create a safe environment where you can take onboard feedback and use it to improve - but we can't force you to take the feedback on board; that's your choice
  • We will support and nurture you - but we need you to show initiative, be able to tackle problems, roll with the challenges and get stuff done
  • There is no room for ego round here - everyone is here because they bring something to the table - all voices are heard and respected
  • We support our employees’ health and wellbeing with regular wellbeing initiatives and a health cash plan, access to EAP and additional counselling support
  • Our life assurance policy ensures your loved ones are looked after should the worst happen
  • Our flexible benefits suite allows you to flex-up (or down) on on benefits depending on what is most useful to you and your family at the time
  • Career mobility and progression which is based on merit as opposed to ‘time-served’ as well as the opportunity to travel to our global sites and visit customers when they need us on the ground.
  • Active social and charity committee - lots of social events throughout the year including a summer social, Christmas party, Easter events, quizzes, book club, walking groups, coffee mornings and many many more.
  • We offer Cycle to work scheme and discounted gym membership if that’s your thing!
  • Quirky office set on a beautiful nature reserve with fully-stocked fridges and larders
  • Free parking too!

PlotBox is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic that makes you who you are. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

If you require any reasonable adjustment or wish to speak to a member of our Talent team about tailoring the recruitment process to your needs please email [email protected] stating the role you are applying for.