Assistant Financial Controller

Our client, a leading company within construction, is seeking to recruit an Assistant Financial Controller to join their Finance team. The selected candidate will have the following responsibilities:

• Assisting in the supervision and direction of the finance team
• Carrying out general accounting duties including data entry
• Preparing monthly management accounts, reconciliations and other reports which may be required
• Reviewing and checking the monthly payroll computation report
• Assisting in the preparation of budgets and other financial reports as may be required
• Assisting in the preparation of the annual audit file and liaising with external auditors and making sure the audit timeline is being adhered to
• Preparing VAT returns and other statutory reports 
• Assisting in the monitoring and planning of the cash resources to ensure commitments are being met
• Supervising and controlling the department’s activities and getting directly involved to solve any problems that may arise
• Following up work in progress with the Quantity Surveyor team
• Seeking and following advice of superiors when this is deemed necessary, whilst liaising with superiors on matters that require guidance
• Looking into ways on how to improve and solve the present systems and any issues that may arise from time to time
• Making sure that all matters regarding finance remains of a confidential nature
• Assisting in the motivation of all the finance staff and to their career development and training

• Minimum 2 years' experience in a similar role
• Fluency in both Maltese and English
• Smart and professional individual with the capability to work on own initiative
• Experience in accounting packages and MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook) is a must
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communications skills

• Fully qualified or in the last stages of obtaining the ACCA