Assistant Financial Controller

We have an exciting mid-shift opportunity available for an Assistant Financial Controller. Work from home or the office – you choose!

When you join Yempo, you’ll receive the following fantastic benefits:

• Highly competitive salary – paid weekly!
• HMO enrollment upon commencement
• Additional HMO dependents added each year of service
• 20 vacation days per year; 7 sick days
• Annual performance bonuses and incentives
• Annual salary reviews and increases
• Free cooked rice, snacks and hot drinks
• Company polo shirts provided
• Fantastic, bright and cheerful open-plan work environment
• Prestigious clients and highly professional and friendly co-workers

The Role  

The Assistant Financial Controller supports the Finance Director with the effective day to day running of the finance function to the client. This is a hands-on role focused on supporting the production of accurate financial information, maintaining strong financial controls and ensuring key finance processes are completed accurately and on time.  

Key responsibilities 

Supporting Month-End & Management Accounts 

• Support the monthly management accounts process  

• Prepare monthly journals and supporting schedules  

• Complete assigned balance sheet reconciliations  

• Review ledger balances and investigate discrepancies  

• Support the Finance Director with month-end analysis  

• Assist with investigating variances against budget, forecast and prior year  

• Ensure assigned month-end tasks are completed within the agreed timetable

Financial Control (Execution) 

• Support the day-to-day financial control environment  

• Ensure bank reconciliations are completed accurately and on time  

• Maintain supporting documentation for balance sheet accounts  

• Follow agreed finance controls, procedures and checklists  

• Identify control issues and escalate them to the Finance Director  

• Support preparation of information required for the year-end audit 

Cashflow & Working Capital

• Maintain and update the rolling 13-week cashflow forecast  

• Investigate and explain significant variances  

• Monitor key working capital areas, including:  

• Debtors  

• Creditors  

• Stock  

• Highlight emerging cashflow or working capital concerns to the Finance Director 

Transactional Finance (Oversight & Delivery) 

• Support and review the effective operation of transactional finance activities,  

• including:  

• Customer invoices and rebates  

• Customer statements  

• Cash allocations  

• Supporting information for credit control  

• Processing customer invoices through customer portals, including Amazon and Robert Dyas  

• Bank reconciliations  

• Supplier payments  

• Purchase ledger  

• Expenses and company cards  

• Ensure accuracy, timeliness, and control 

Finance Systems & Process Improvement 

• Own finance system integrity (Sage, OrderWise and related systems)  

• Maintain good-quality financial data  

• Identify and implement process improvements  

• Work with internal teams to improve data accuracy and flow  

• Support development of reporting aligned with business needs 

Business Support 

• Act as first point of contact for finance queries  

• Support non-finance teams with clear, accurate information  

• Build strong working relationships across the business  

• Support the Finance Director with ad-hoc financial analysis and projects.  

• Comply with the Organization’s Information Security Management System (ISMS), including all applicable information security policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines.   

Your Qualifications  

• Good Excel skills, including XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS and basic data analysis.  

• Experience using Sage.  

• Good attention to detail with a strong focus on accuracy.  

• Ability to work independently on assigned responsibilities while knowing when to escalate issues to the Finance Director.  

• Good numerical and analytical skills. 

Disclaimer for salary ranges. Yempo provides an indicative range of salary that we deem relevant for the advertised role. This may be adjusted for the skills and experience of the selected candidate.