Financial Controller

The role This is an exciting opportunity for a well-qualified accountant to play a key leadership role within our finance team at Westminster School. The Financial Controller will assume responsibility for the day-to-day financial operations of the School, associated charities and companies, including managing sales, purchase and general ledgers, bank accounts, the expenses system and fixed asset register. Key responsibilities will include:

• Overseeing the month-end and year-end financial accounting processes, ensuring the delivery of a clean audit, as well as accurate and timely annual accounts
• Ensuring the accuracy of the trial balance through ad-hoc and regular forensic reviews of key figures and processes
• Leading the transactional accounting team to provide a responsive, efficient and customer facing transaction processing service
• Ensuring all balance sheet reconciliations, bank accounts and control accounts are completed and reconciled monthly in accordance with a month end close timetable
They will also be responsible for leadership and development of the team, effectively embedding our new iFinance system and driving continuous improvements in financial processes, ways of working and our engagement with all internal and external stakeholders and customers. Please note, this is a fully onsite role. About you The successful candidate will need a recognised accountancy qualification (i.e. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent), as well as extensive financial accounting and tax experience within a medium/large sized finance function. They will possess strong leadership skills, including experience of managing a team of staff. They must be able to understand complex processes and implement improvements when necessary and can communicate financial information clearly and effectively to non-financial stakeholders. About the school Westminster is one of the UK's leading academic institutions and is the only ancient London school to occupy its original site. Situated close to Parliament and Westminster Abbey, together with the stimulating diversity of the South Bank and West End, the school has a special atmosphere. For further information and to apply, please click the apply button. For this role, there is no fixed closing date. Applications will be considered on receipt and interviews may occur at any stage. We are an equal opportunities employer. We therefore encourage candidates to apply irrespective of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion and belief, gender identity, sex or sexual orientation. The school is a Registered Charity (no 312728).

The successful candidate will need a recognised accountancy qualification (i.e. ACA, CIMA, ACCA, CIPFA or equivalent), as well as extensive financial accounting and tax experience within a medium/large sized finance function. They will possess strong leadership skills, including experience of managing a team of staff. They must be able to understand complex processes and implement improvements when necessary and can communicate financial information clearly and effectively to non-financial stakeholders.

Westminster is one of the UK's leading academic institutions and is the only ancient London school to occupy its original site. Situated close to Parliament and Westminster Abbey, together with the stimulating diversity of the South Bank and West End, the school has a special atmosphere.