Financial Controller

at  Excelsior Foods Ltd

ABOUT US:

Excelsior Foods is an exciting new start-up enterprise supporting a wider group of established companies, including a well-known family infant nutrition brand, one of the fastest growing in the UK to be precise!
This new venture will support the storage and distribution of the connected businesses while the whole former food production site is under review for redevelopment. The initial operations will be an exciting part of the wider business’s expansion, with over 3000 pallet spaces for stock to be managed while supporting the stock flow from the brands UK based factory, and 3pl partner. This site will also look at tasks such as labelling for export, reworking pallets into customer friendly formats and helping load international orders and storage of incoming ingredients, packaging and finished goods, so there will be lots to do for the right team members. Although, the site will start with a storage and distribution focus, big plans are under consideration for the longer term for this 20-acre site.

PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:

To produce monthly accounts for Excelsior Foods and a smaller management services company; Greenwood Foods and assist in information required for the tax computations and to assist the statutory audit and to maintain the account ledgers.
To succeed in this role you will be diligent with a flexible approach to work and a ‘will do/can do’ attitude.
The role is Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, with a 30-minute unpaid break, and based at our Knighton Site.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

· Preparation of monthly accounts.
· Providing information required by the central team to allow the tax computations to be performed.
· To assist in the annual audit
· To undertake the following roles:
o Raising invoices and dealing with shipping documents.
o Reconciliation of stock movements and raising sales invoices accordingly.
o Entering invoices, credit notes on the purchase & sales ledgers.
o Posting bank payments and receipts onto the accounting system.
o Assisting with the resolution of problems on invoices/purchase orders/supplier queries.
o Reconciliation of supplier statements.
o Expense claim processing/reconciliation.
o Assisting with monthly and annual accounts.
o Documentation filing.
o Collection and processing of the company’s post.
o Any reasonable duties that assist in the effective running of the company.