Financial Controller Permanent

About US

TopCashback is one of the world’s biggest cashback sites and we help save our members money when they shop. We have more than 20 million members globally and work with more than 6,000 brands across three different continents. We’re extremely proud to provide an award-winning service to our members. Most recently we have won one of the most prestigious accolades for UK businesses -the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade. We are a six time winner of ‘Cashback site of the year’ at the Moneyfacts Consumer Awards. We have also won a range of accolades at the prestigious Performance Marketing Awards including Industry Choice of Publisher (six times in the last seven years) and Best Team in Performance Marketing (won in 2021).

At TopCashback, since we began, we have been committed to building a fair, diverse and inclusive company. We believe that diversity and nurturing a culture where we can all be our true selves at work, makes us stronger as a business. We celebrate differences and foster a fair and equal environment for us all to flourish in. After all, we spend most of our time together. With fairness at heart, we‘re committed to being an equal opportunity employer regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, disability, nationality, age or similar. Whoever you are, whatever walk of life you are from, we’ll welcome you to our TopCashback family.

The role

Due to our continued rapid growth and an ambitious international expansion program, a rare and truly exciting opportunity has arisen to lead our finance department in meeting the demands that this success creates. The successful candidate will play a pivotal role in ensuring the department places the function in the best possible position to achieve this. We are seeking a qualified management/financial accountant to head up a finance function in our head office in Stafford.  Reporting to the Finance Director you must be CIMA/ACCA/ICAW qualified with an expected 8+ years PQE. This candidate has a strong track record of process creation and implementation, priding themself on adapting to demanding environments and driving positive change. A proven leader, they have also accrued excellent systems knowledge with high proficiency in Excel and preferably SQL and experience with Sage.

The role will involve managing and developing the finance function and implementing new systems and processes to support the business with its short and long-term commercial strategy. Alongside this, you will be supporting the wider business including Product, Operations, BI and Partnerships teams to assess the commercial drivers of the business and offer process improvements.

Responsibilities will include:

• Responsible for managing and developing a team of 8
• Production and evolution of monthly management accounts with commentary
• Implementing automated processes to help the business achieve the foreseen growth.
• Overseeing and owning the transactional finance, management accounts and year-end process through to external audit sign off.
• Support the wider business including Product, Operations and Sales teams, supporting the management team with implementing new processes to drive growth.
• Providing analytical support to assist the business with commercial decision making.

The successful candidate will be a qualified Accountant with prior experience leading and developing a team. You must have proven experience implementing change. Excellent communication skills and the ability to work with both finance and non-finance professionals are the key to success in this role.

This is an exciting opportunity that offers extensive exposure to the senior management team whilst the business looks to continue its strong growth plans. We are looking for an ambitious individual that thrives in a fast-paced environment and is looking to take the next step up in their career