Financial Controller

Oxford (on site, 5 days)

Salary £90,000 plus bonus

A rare chance to take full ownership of finance for a privately owned group with interests spanning business aviation and prime property. This is a standalone, hands on Financial Controller role where you will be the go to finance lead on site, trusted by the CEO and Board and given the room to shape how things are run.

The opportunity

Based just outside Oxford, you will hold responsibility for financial reporting across the group, covering the Commercial assets and prime property portfolio, with scope extending to a London division. You will report jointly to the CEO and to Estates CEO, work closely with a London based Finance Manager, and lead a small team of two Accounts Assistants. It is a broad, varied brief that blends month end discipline with genuine commercial influence.

What you will be doing

Financial reporting and compliance

• Preparing monthly management accounts with variance analysis at company and departmental level
• Producing ad hoc management information, including fuel and movement reports, tenancy schedules and consolidated debtor reports
• Delivering the annual financial statements and managing the audit process
• Owning VAT and CIS returns and National Statistics reporting
• Taking overall responsibility for financial compliance, reporting to the CEO and Board
• Managing business rates, company cash card reporting, weekly airport fuel pricing and review of purchase orders and invoices

Planning and strategy

• Building the annual budget
• Preparing business cases and financial analysis for the CEO and Board
• Identifying opportunities for revenue growth and cost reduction

Process, systems and people

• Leading the development of financial processes, controls and systems
• Maintaining the SharePoint auto invoicing site and reviewing monthly overtime reports
• Line managing two Accounts Assistants and partnering with the London based Finance Manager

Property and commercial

• Supporting the Estates Manager on service charge budgets, property debtor strategy and utility recharges to tenants

What you will bring

• A qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA), or qualified by experience
• Strong management accounts and year end experience, ideally gained in a standalone or small team finance function
• Confidence owning compliance, audit, VAT and budgeting end to end
• Exposure to property, service charges or an asset backed business is an advantage
• A hands on, commercially minded approach and the gravitas to advise senior stakeholders
• Someone happy to be on site near Oxford five days a week

Why this role

You will not be a small cog here. This is a high visibility, high autonomy position at the heart of an ambitious group, with the variety of two very different sectors and a direct line to leadership.