Financial Controller

When it comes to performance, skills and experience don’t tell the whole story. They only tell us what to do in known, predictable, and contextual situations. 

We look for attributes as they tell us how you behave in all situations, particularly unknown, challenging, or stressful ones when you can’t apply your learnt skills.

We have big ambitions and we need people who work here to have big ambitions too.

To achieve our growth plans we need talented and driven people who are curious and comfortable with uncertainty and step outside their comfort zone to learn and try new things.

If you're the kind of person who rolls up your sleeves and gets stuck in, we want to hear from you!

Watch HERE to find out what it takes to be successful and build a better career at MSC.

Requisition ID : 16665 

Employment Type : Full Time         

Job Category : Finance                                             

Work Location :  Wednesbury, UK 

Potential Work Location : United Kingdom : England : Wednesbury || United Kingdom : England : West Midlands 

Day-to-day financial operations, ensuring reporting, budgeting and compliance with regulatory requirements.  Provide financial support to senior management, to maximise financial decision-making and drive business performance.  Manage and optimize business systems to enhance efficiency.

Are you looking to take your career to the next level? When you join MSC, we offer you more than just a job. We provide the opportunity to grow and develop, helping you build your career. Great businesses need great people—that’s where you come in!   

What’s in it for me? 

• With MSC you’ll have the autonomy to shape your role and develop your career with us. We believe in continuous growth, which is why you will have constant access to coaching, mentoring and an environment where personal and professional development and success are celebrated. 

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• On top of this, we give you 25 days of holiday entitlement + Bank Holidays. A company pension scheme matched up to 10% of your annual salary. Life insurance - 6x annual salary, plus, a discounted health cash plan and private medical insurance to support you with whatever life throws at you. 

What will I be doing?

• Continuously review policies and procedures to initiate improvements for overall efficiency, taking a strategic and methodical approach using a strong commercial acumen
• Produce a monthly management pack, giving accurate and timely information for decision-making
• Management and mentoring of the Management Accountant ensuring month-end activity and ad-hoc tasks are completed to deadlines.
• Business Partner to the senior leadership team
• Manage and be accountable for Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Treasury management – cashflow, forecasting and banking
• Review sales and costs to produce accurate monthly forecasts across the business
• Co-ordinate the implementation of annual budgets and monthly forecasts and the recording of these in the financial forecasting system
• Ensure compliance with all corporate taxation and VAT requirements
• Lead on third-party finance system development to improve processes within the finance department
• Prepare statutory accounts and lead the liaison with external auditors
• Ensure compliance with the Sarbanes Oxley internal control framework
• Any other duties in line with business and departmental needs

Requirements:

• CIMA (or equivalent) Qualified – 5 PQE
• You will be able to demonstrate sound ERP system usage and Excel knowledge, alongside strong analytical and problem-solving skills coupled with your effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Comfortable working effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong attention to detail and organisational skills. Typical month end reporting turnaround time is 4 working days.
• Previous experience working within Group company structure and matrix organization
• Experience of product margin and inventory accounting

What else do I need? 

We trust that our people will be able to teach you the role-specific skills, but for you to truly succeed at MSC you will embody our values and these significantly important attributes; ones that MSC believes embody talent within our business. 

Connections: Your interpersonal skills; how well you manage relationships, and how rewarding you are to deal with 

Thinking: The abilities you draw upon to solve problems, learn and be agile 

Creativity: How adept you are at creating solutions and working with change. 

Drive: Your level of ambition.  The pace, energy, and enthusiasm applied to activities 

Ultimately, we identify talent in people who can demonstrate our values, and the behaviours required to thrive in our business. So, if you can operate effectively in a team, demonstrate customer-centricity, and are eager to make a difference then we would love to hear from you - apply today!

Why MSC?

As one of the UK’s Best Companies (awarded 3 Star by Best Companies), we care about our associates.

The journey to the best version of you, starts with us. If you’re searching for an employer that will enable you to learn, grow and make a difference, you’ve found it.

You will feel a sense of purpose and belonging as we allow our people to have a voice and the opportunity to make a genuine impact

We have created a psychologically safe and inclusive environment where we treat our associates as adults and give them autonomy to make decisions, take risks and learn from mistakes.

You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, make decisions and take ownership to make changes, enabling you to significantly contribute towards our business success.

Our people-centric culture will encourage you to continuously develop, both professionally and personally.

From our culture to our forward-thinking leadership, you’ll soon realise that you have an incredible opportunity here to be your best self.

Whether your career path is vertical or squiggly we’d love to watch you grow and reach your full potential with us

Watch HERE to find out what it’s like to work at MSC and join us as we continue to build team of people doing their best work

We won’t just give you a job, we’ll enable you to be yourself, discover opportunity, unlock your potential, and design your career.