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Job Title


Financial Controller


Company : The Body Camp


Location : Crewe, England


Created : 2025-02-17


Job Type : Full Time


Job Description

Financial Controller Location: Goostrey, Cheshire Salary: circa 50,000 Hours: 37.5 hours per week Department: Finance Job Type: Full time Contract Type : Permanent An exciting opportunity has arisen to join The Body Camp as our Financial Controller. About the role The Body Camp runs transformational wellness retreats with the main resort in Spain, supplemented with winter pop-ups in locations such as Morocco, Thailand or Indonesia. As the senior financial person in our team, you will have operational responsibility for the management of our Cheshire office. It will be your responsibility to prepare and deliver accurate and timely financial reports. You will assist the Board in developing the overall company strategy and provide ongoing monitoring and reporting, focused on agreed targets. Reporting to the Managing Director, you would be responsible for the draft preparation of all financial information for both the UK company and its Spanish branch. This involves daily, weekly, monthly, annual and ad-hoc reports. You will be responsible for the accurate and timely preparation and submission of VAT and other tax filings, payroll and management of debtor and creditor ledgers. You will be responsible for the accurate recording of base information and cross-charges supporting the filing of Spanish tax filings for the local branch including IVA (Spanish VAT equivalent). Please note it is not essential for you to have experience in Spanish accounting - external accountants in Spain make the filings locally but rely on the accuracy of the data you provide. We are looking for someone who is positive, focused, diligent, able to work unsupervised and excited about our amazing brand. You would be joining us at an exciting time in our growth plans and will play an integral role. Ideally you will have: Qualified ACA, ACCA or ACMA Significant management experience Proven ability in accounts, budgetary and cashflow preparation Xero experience Flexibility and adaptability to multitask on a range of different tasks and to prioritise daily workloads Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines Attention to detail and technically strong Honesty and reliability Discretion and an understanding of confidentiality issues. Spanish language capability How we will reward you: A true work-life balance with a flexible approach to working hours (for example the option to work longer condensed hours or flexibly across the week) 25 days annual leave per annum, plus bank holidays Free parking A friendly and down-to-earth team where everyones contributions are valued Our office opening hours are Monday - Friday 9:00-17:30, however we are flexible in terms of hours worked, ensuring they meet both the candidate's and business needs. To maintain a quality service provision and a happy connected team, we ask our staff to balance the office and home working at 75% office/25% home. REF-219502 TPBN1_UKTJ