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Financial Controller – Salary up to £75,000 DoE – VFR3137

Role: Financial Controller

Sector: Events Agency / Creative Agency

Salary: Annual Salary £60,000-£75,000 DOE & qualifications

Hybrid: working 3 days a week in the office. (M,W,T)

Location: Near High Wycombe

Reference: VisionFR3137

Vision FR is delighted to be working with our client, an Events Agency that is experiencing good growth and are just setting up an office in the US this year As well as having their UK based office. Billings are looking to be around £9M for this financial year 2025. The Client is looking for someone who has experience of working within a creative agency (ideally events) to join them. Ideally you will be qualified and have a good understanding of working within a creative agency as their senior finance person. You will work closely with the SLT.

The Client is keen to look at their systems and processes with a view to making these more efficient and stream-lined (currently using both Xero for accounting; and Paprika for managing jobs/projects and analysis). You will have responsibility for overseeing the Finance Executive and also for supporting with HR and operations functions within a small core full time team of 9 staff. These are supplemented with freelance staff and events staff.

It would be great if you have experience with setting up and reporting compliance of an American office although this is not essential.

As Financial Controller you will ideally be qualified or QBE:

Job responsibilities of the Financial Controller:

  • Finance Function – Day to day management of the full financial Function in both UK and US
  • Team – Overseeing the Part-time Finance executive who will do most of the transactional work
  • Management Accounts – Produce full management accounts of both UK & US with variance analysis and cashflow forecasts to present to Board
  • Budgets & Forecasts – Prepare and manage the Budgets/ Forecasts of the business
  • Payroll – oversee the upload and preparation of the payroll for events staff – check and correct as appropriate; Ensure it is sent to the external payroll processors. Manage the internal payroll of the perm and freelancers, manage pension control account and payments – post payroll journals, manage payments. Reconcile and manage NI/ PAYE control accounts and payments, manage P11Ds
  • Bank – Ensure accurate posting of payments & receipts and timley/accurate bank reconciliations using Xero. Manage foreign payments, Foreign Exchange, and Invoice Discounting.
  • Tax – prepare the VAT Returns, Reconcile and Pay Quarterly VAT. Manage, reconcile and pay NI/VAT/ PAYE/Corporation Tax.
  • US – Ensure all billings and costs are correctly accounted for and paid correctly and on a timely basis. Liaise with attorney and accountants re state and federal statutory returns, salary and pension payments , tax payments and filing of accounts.
  • Cross Charging – ensure correct costs sit within the right entity via intercompany invoicing
  • Debtors – oversee Finance Executive re day-to-day management of credit control
  • Creditors– Oversee Finance Executive re day-to-day postings / reconciliations etc and payment runs
  • Credit Cards – Check that the Finance Executive is correctly uploading to Paprika (ensure they manage posting and reconciliations)
  • Staff expenses – Check, post and pay
  • Cashflow – Manage daily cashflow and forecast
  • WIP and Job Costs – Ensure all jobs are correctly opened in Paprika; Liaise with account management on all costs/revenue taken. Ensure that the correct revenue is deferred / accrued and that all costs are written off appropriately. Reconcile all jobs. Review under and over delivery of time v fees.
  • Office – Oversee and manage purchases of office supplies and equipmen; ensure insurances and utility costs are negotiated and reviewed regularly
  • HR – Manage all HR administration, Contracts, Holidays, Benefits
  • Paprika / Xero – Manage and Improve systems, ensure all staff use the systems to their full extent

VisionFR is committed to encouraging equality, diversity, inclusion and eliminating unlawful discrimination within our & our Clients’ workforce and whilst fulfilling our Client recruitment needs

Due to the high level of applications being received if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion, usually due to other candidates having more relevant sector exposure, qualifications or required skills. We thank you for your interest.

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