Financial Controller

About Us 3173 is a privately owned UK firm of pensions experts with clients throughout the UK, serviced from offices in London, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds. The 3173 Group of companies includes Dalriada Trustees Limited (Dalriada) one of the UKs largest professional pension scheme trustee companies. Spence & Partners provides full pension actuarial, consulting, investment consulting and administration services that provide simply smarter solutions for trustees, employers and members and Mantle: reimagines the traditional models of defined benefit pensions administration and actuarial valuation software.

Background to the Role The 3173 Group is an ambitious and fast growth software and professional services business operating right across the UK in the specialist defined benefit pensions industry. The business has been in operation for almost 20 years and has grown to be one of the leading players in its principal markets being the provision of Trustee, Administration, Actuarial, Investment and technology services to Pension Schemes.

3173 has developed its own unique technology platform, Mantle , which gives our company a significant advantage in our market. We have office locations throughout the United Kingdom but we are very proud to be headquartered in Belfast. The Group received a significant investment from Synova, a leading growth investor in September 2022. This partnership will enable our business to consolidate its market leading positions and will facilitate the investment required to enable 3173 to achieve even greater potential in the rapidly developing pensions and technology markets.

Due to our continued success and expansion, 3173 is eager to appoint a Financial Controller to join the business to lead the finance function. The position will manage the finance team and report to the CFO. The role will be responsible for financial and commercial reporting across all reporting entities and service lines. The role will also play a key part in the evaluation of investment opportunities, growth initiatives and will support the CFO in connection with future acquisitions.

This position is ideally suited to an experienced and commercially minded Financial Controller with strong management and organisational skills eager to undertake a pivotal role within an ambitious growth business embedding and optimising our newly implemented ERP system. About You You will be a qualified accountant with significant experience post qualification working within a busy commercial finance environment. You will have worked as a Financial Controller in a busy commercial environment and are looking for the opportunity to develop and lead the Finance function within 3173, a high growth provider of financial services to the pensions industry.

As the Financial Controller, you will provide financial leadership and contribute proactively to the growth and development of 3173. You will be able to demonstrate your experience in supporting a commercial organisation through the financial reporting process, with significant practical experience in the development of clear and concise financial reporting, which will enable business leadership to identify underperformance and take corrective action, to ensure that both short term and long term financial plans are achieved.

You will be a confident and articulate communicator with the ability to work with senior leaders and use your influencing skills to achieve the best outcomes for the business. You will be highly competent in the use of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint. You will thrive in a collaborative, fast moving team-based environment and able to support and contribute to the development of the wider Finance team.

You will be a diligent and driven individual with a high level of attention to detail. Someone who is enthusiastic, confident, thorough, and conscientious will do well in this role. The ability and confidence to highlight and escalate where relevant any challenges or risks to the senior leadership team is a must. You will be able to easily build effective working relationships at all levels.

Your responsibilities will include:
Management responsibility for the finance team, ensuring all monthly deadlines are achieved. Lead and drive the continued embedding and optimisation of our new ERP system to deliver increased automation, efficiencies, and improved ways of working in line with business goals. Head the preparation of monthly management accounts including practice revenue, expense, and variance analysis. Lead the preparation of the monthly Financial Performance Report and Finance Board Reports for all legal entities.

Lead the finance team in the preparation of audited financial statements for all legal entities and manage the relationship with the external auditors. Conduct the preparation of corporation tax computations and VAT returns for all legal entities and ensure that the Group is compliant with all applicable tax deadlines.…