Controller

• Own and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Monitor actual and forecast cash movements, identifying potential shortfalls before they become an issue.
• Track customer receipts, supplier payments, payroll, VAT and other significant cash movements.
• Produce accurate monthly management accounts, including profit & loss, balance sheet and reconciliations.
• Ensure balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled and understood.
• Analyze monthly performance, highlighting significant variances and recommending corrective action.
• Prepare and maintain annual budgets and rolling financial forecasts.
• Provide commercially focused financial insight to help the leadership team make informed decisions.

Management Accountant / Financial Controller

• Manage and control all dispatch operations within the bakery
• Ensure all route vehicles are loaded and dispatched according to delivery schedules
• Manage inter-depot and inter-bakery stock transfers to ensure product availability across the network
• Monitor dispatch performance against service level targets
• Coordinate with Production, Distribution, and Sales teams regarding product availability and delivery requirements

Despatch Controller

• Proactively chase overdue invoices and outstanding balances via telephone and email
• Allocate and reconcile cash receipts against customer accounts accurately
• Negotiate payment plans and settlement agreements with customers in arrears
• Produce and distribute weekly aged debt reports to senior management
• Monitor credit limits and recommend credit holds where appropriate
• Build positive relationships with customers while maintaining firm credit control

Credit Controller

• Create, maintain and organise comprehensive document management systems
• Control document versioning, distribution, naming conventions and archiving
• Ensure all documents comply with company and regulatory quality standards
• Review and manage incoming documentation from internal and external stakeholders
• Support audit processes by maintaining well-organised accessible records
• Train team members on document management procedures and systems

Document Controller

• Build financial operating infrastructure for DBG International
• Implement scalable financial systems and controls
• Establish standardized reporting frameworks across entities
• Oversee financial operations and coordinate intercompany reconciliations
• Develop operational finance processes and governance structures
• Provide financial insights and support executive leadership in strategic analysis

Financial Controller

• Order fill >100%
• On time deliveries > 100%
• Efficient truck utilisation
• Correct loading of orders
• PM deliveries where required
• Receiving and despatching of quality bread daily
• All costs and expenses within agreed targets
• Product distribution (Route viability)
• Distribution cost per loaf
• Variances
• Fleet Image
• Stocks within model
• No stock outs
• Minimal stock write off
• Minimal stock shrinkages
• Daily admin information to be submitted
• Reporting deadlines met
• Information submitted correct
• Weekly Driver Balances on Thurs to be zero
• Control all stats and data for correctness and timeous submission
• Manage depot stats and take corrective action where necessary
• Liaise with Distribution Manager on a regular basis
• Operational involvement on a daily basis
• Communicate results and objectives to all staff
• Address and finalise any issues
• Staff appraisals and objective setting
• Conflict management
• Management by walkabout
• Instil action-oriented ethos
• Mentor all staff

Depot Controller

• Debtors & Accounts Receivable Management: Direct the end-to-end invoicing architecture, track collections, execute monthly age analyses, and manage necessary payment escalations.
• Accounts Payable & Banking Portals: Take ownership of the centralised accounts payable inbox, prepare structured weekly payment runs, and process authorised payments directly through banking portals.
• Commission Architecture & Reconciliation: Systematically calculate, audit, and reconcile monthly sales team commission reports against commercial outcomes.
• Expense Management & Diagnostics: Oversee the collection, coding, and categorisation of corporate expenses within Xero, producing granular monthly analysis summaries broken down by operational category and individual.
• Bookkeeper Liaison & Executive Reporting: Act as the primary conduit to the external bookkeeper, compiling weekly cash flow summaries for the CEO and supporting the review of monthly management accounts.
• Financial Process Engineering: Audit existing administrative workflows, identify procedural gaps, and author the standard operating procedures and functional templates required to secure an institutional-grade finance department.

Part-time Financial Controller

• Deliver high-quality, time-sensitive internal and external financial reporting, including intricate client-specific reporting across various jurisdictions.
• Own the end-to-end financial oversight of global program performance to ensure the absolute accuracy, completeness, and integrity of multi-entity financial data.
• Direct, mentor, and elevate the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Global Payroll functions to ensure well-controlled, punctual execution across the distributed team.
• Establish transparent roles, performance benchmarks, and accountability frameworks to drive continuous operational improvement.
• Oversee comprehensive group tax compliance, coordinating international corporate tax and indirect tax (VAT) obligations across multiple operating entities.
• Manage strategic relationships with external tax advisors while owning cash flow forecasting and global banking relationships to maintain high financial discipline.
• Own program-level inputs into budgeting and forecasting cycles, maintaining detailed forecasts spanning international revenue streams, cost structures, and resource utilisation.
• Interrogate variances, manage financial risks, and partner with the CFO to convert operational performance into strategic group-level insights.
• Lead the continuous transformation of the global finance function, systems, and operating workflows to support a scaling enterprise.
• Serve as the functional system owner for core finance and programme management platforms, driving deep integration across Finance, HR, and project delivery systems to establish reliable, decision-ready data.

Group Financial Controller – System Implementation Specialist

• Issuing and receiving of Lifting Equipment.
• Minor repairs on Lifting Equipment where defined.
• Pre-use, Monthly, Quarterly Inspection.
• Change of Colour Coding (Tagging).
• Update & Maintain the Lifting Connect System (Assets, Employees, Licences, Permits, Dashboards).
• Client Liaison, administration, and correspondence.

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