Financial Controller

The Opportunity

The Chris Lewis Group is the independent Fire and Security and Smart Home company in the region. We offer our clients the very best technology solutions available.

We work for prestigious clients like the University of Oxford, Royal Palaces and County Councils.

The Financial Controller role is a full-time position to cover the management of the finance operations function of the business, purchase ledger, sales ledger and customer experience.

The successful candidate will understand processes, have an eye for implementing and refining process, managing key stakeholders and organising their team.

You will be customer focused team player with great attention to detail and have strong systems skills.

We value staff progression, provide regular training and encourage and support self-learning opportunities

What are we expecting from you?

• Responsible for the finance operation function of the business purchase ledger, sales ledger and customer experience
• Supervising a team of three in the finance team.
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
• Ensure the integrity of all accounting data to enable automation of payruns and debt collection
• Responsible for sign-off of accountancy processing for VFD production of management accounts
• Own the cash collection target and ensure our systems are up to date to provide accurate forecasts
• Management of purchase order accruals
• Feedback on quality of input from operations teams to ensure ongoing accuracy and efficiency of our accounting
• Suggest improvements to customer experience and business system efficiencies

Behaviours and Values

• Professional and approachable always
• Demonstrates the Company Core Values at all times
• Demonstrates leadership skills when managing a small team.
• Demonstrates commitment and accountability of results
• Excellent communications skills required to build relationships with colleagues, senior business contacts and high net worth individuals

Why work for Chris Lewis

• Attractive Salary
• Annual leave increasing with service, plus bank holidays
• Auto Enrolment Pension with contribution
• Reward and Recognition Platform