A financial controller's typical duties include:
- Tracking, reporting, and analysing budget variances
- Reviewing the company's financial statements to ensure they are accurate
- Preparing accurate financial statements including month-end reports for management, including profit and loss statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements
- Recommending changes in policies or procedures that will improve financial performance
- Forecasting future financial performance
- Preparing and analysing budgets
- Providing accurate financial reports to management
- Ensuring compliance with government regulations
A financial controller has many responsibilities, such as:
- Ensuring accuracy of financial statements
- Overseeing all financial planning and analysis
- Forecasting future performance
- Recommending changes to improve financial performance
- Utilising updated technologies for their job
