Trilateral Research is recruiting for a Financial Controller to join our Corporate Finance team in the United Kingdom.
As part of this team, you will provide financial reporting, administration, and guidance in adherence with financial accounting standards and support colleagues, clients, and stakeholders of the business in order to meet business needs and create robust policies and procedures to scale a quickly growing business. This role will require leadership by proactively improving practices and anticipating the financial accounting requirements of the organisation.
Our company and what we do
At Trilateral Research, we provide ethical AI solutions for tackling complex social issues, from human trafficking and child exploitation, citizen security in crisis to pollution and climate change. We transform research into innovation and sustainable impact, focusing our efforts where we can enhance societal wellbeing.
We apply rigorous, cutting-edge research when developing and accessing new technologies to ensure they achieve sustainable innovation and measurable impact. Our teams include humanities specialists, social scientists, data scientists, ethical, legal, and human rights experts who work across the technology-social disciplinary divide.
Key responsibilities to include but not limited to:
Treasury/Cash Management
o Provide timely and accurate cash flow statements and support planning for operational funding requirements.
o In collaboration with the CFO, manage cash by obtaining favourable payment terms where available.
Finance Operations
o Manage relationships with financial external stakeholders such as banking contacts and Revenue authorities etc.
o Support tenders and proposals with Finance data elements.
o Support the filing of annual surveys as required by statutory reporting requirements or as part of participation frameworks (e.g., G-Cloud) or industry organisations (e.g., IDA Ireland).
Financial Reporting
o Prepare information for corporate financial reports and provide regular monthly reporting.
o Manage all VAT reporting required in each tax jurisdiction.
o Act as key liaison with external accountants for all annual or periodic statutory filings and audits.
Budgeting
o In conjunction with business unit managers, develop annual budgets.
o Disseminate reporting to internal and external stakeholders reflecting actual performance against budgets.
o Support Research Finance team in developing an optimal approach for monitoring Research Project budgets.
Fixed Assets Management
o Develop and maintain procedures related to the management of fixed assets within the company.
o Ensure the accurate and timely recording of financial transactions related to acquisition, depreciation and disposal of assets.
Monitoring Policies & Procedures
o Develop documentation related to finance policies and procedures and improving these on an ongoing basis.
