Job Description
Job title: Financial Controller
Location: We have offices based at Scale Space - W12 7RZ and this will be a hybrid role
Hours: We are open to full time, part time or condensed hours
Salary: £70,000-£82,500
The Opportunity:
Are you ready to make a significant impact on a company's financial health and strategic direction? As a Financial Controller, you will take ownership of shaping financial processes. This role offers you the chance to lead the implementation and optimisation of financial tools, enhancing our efficiency and effectiveness.
You will oversee day-to-day financial operations, managing the finance team, and working closely with our outsourced accountants. You'll ensure accurate and timely reporting, monitor cash flow, and manage working capital requirements. If you thrive in a collaborative and inclusive environment and enjoy taking initiative, this role is for you.
What You’ll Be Doing:
After 3 months you will:
- Familiarise yourself with our financial systems and processes and ways of working.
- Review and update financial processes to ensure continued best practice. Begin optimising the use of Xero and Approvalmax for financial reporting.
- Start preparing monthly financial reports and manage cash flow forecasts.
After 6 months you will:
- Lead the transition to a revenue generating company, ensuring timely and accurate accounting in changing environment.
- Ensure consistent and efficient processes for monitoring sales orders and purchase orders.
- Prepare for the year-end accounts process and collaborate with external accountants.
- Enhance financial analysis to provide strategic insights for decision-making.
After 12 months you will:
- Implement consistent financial reporting practices.
- Manage the year-end accounts process, ensuring timely completion.
- Continuously improve financial tools and processes to support organisational needs.
- Provide financial and due diligence support for future fundraises.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACA, ACCA, CIMA) preferred.
- Experience in a similar role within an organisation undergoing growth and change.
- Strong knowledge of accounting principles and financial regulations.
- Proficiency in financial software; experience with Xero is preferred but not essential.
- Ability to work unsupervised, taking control and ownership of financial processes.
Behaviours:
- Empathy: You understand and consider the needs and perspectives of team members and stakeholders when making financial decisions. You provide support and foster a positive work environment.
- Collaboration: You work effectively with various departments to gather accurate financial information and ensure timely reporting. You communicate clearly and build strong relationships.
- Adaptability: You adjust to changing financial regulations, processes, and company needs with ease. You embrace and lead change initiatives, such as transitioning to accrual accounting.
- Taking Initiative: You proactively identify areas for financial improvement and implement effective solutions. You take ownership of financial processes and drive continuous improvement efforts.
If you’re ready to bring your expertise and make a real difference, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and take the next step in your career with us!
About Puraffinity:
We are an energetic, customer-driven advanced materials science company focused on designing, developing, and manufacturing smart engineered adsorbent to capture and retain PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) from water across the Residential, Commercial, Industrial and Municipal market sectors.
Based in London – UK, Puraffinity was founded in 2015 and since then has become a leading organization in tackling PFAS, commonly known as The Forever Chemicals, due to its resistance and high mobility.
Our Vision is to provide 1 billion people with PFAS safe water by 2030, and our Mission is to protect environmental and human health by engineering precision materials to capture chemicals in water.
Puraffinity embraces diversity and fosters a collaborative and teamworking environment, and we dedicate 100% of our time to create a purposeful and sustainable environmental impact.
Puraffinity Benefits:
- We offer great benefits: Vitality Private Health and Dental Care
- Enhanced pension employer contribution scheme (up to 7.5%)
- Unlimited coaching with MoreHappi and mental health coaching and support by Spill
- We offer shares in Puraffinity for all employees, which means you get recognised and rewarded for your work
- We care about your learning and development and to support this we have a generous training budget for personal development (up to £2,000 per year)
- A work life balance is important – we offer 25 days annual leave (in addition to the 8 bank holidays) and a hybrid working approach
- We have a very strong diversity and inclusion focus, and in line with this, we have equalised our parental leave and pay for all