Finance Manager

Finance Manager

The ideal candidate will be responsible for working with senior management to develop financial strategies for the organisation.

You are comfortable handling large amounts of data, acting as a business partner, decision maker, and providing regular financial reporting. 

• Manage the finance team of  3personnel
• Complete financial accounting and forecasting
• Deliver reports and metrics to leadership

        Duties include:

• Preparation of budgets, forecasts and cash flows
• Carry out financial modelling and scenario modelling to aid key decision making
• Maintenance of financial ledgers and accounting processes of 2 group companies in the UK
• Preparation of monthly consolidated P&L and Balance Sheet management accounts
• Maintaining fixed asset register
• Manage the Purchase Order (PO) procedure
• Managing bank transactions and bank reconciliation
• Timely production of statutory and internal financial reports
• Cash management and treasury duties
• Overseeing of the Payroll process in UK, Australia and Luxembourg
• Oversight of company tax and VAT returns
• Management of audit process
• Other ad-hoc financial tasks as required

Skills and Experience

This client is seeking to appoint an experienced and independent individual with the following skills and experience:

• Managerial Finance
• Financial control and management reporting
• Experience in accounting of company merge and company acquisition
• Experience of managing a small accounting team
• Experience using SUN system accounting or ability to learn
• Ability to manipulate data to provide accurate reporting
• A confident self-starter, with the ability to operate flexibly in a dynamic environment
• Good judgement with logical decision making, and a hands-on approach
• Detail-oriented and analytical
• Speak business level English
• Have worked in SME in high level Financial capacity

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Finance or related field 5 - 7 years of relevant experience
• Qualified ACA/ACCA/CIMA (or equivalent)
• Fluency in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

Although the role will be remote – the Client has offices in Bishops Stortford – so they would prefer a candidate to be based in London or at least be able to attend regular meetings with colleagues.

Salary for this role will be in the range £55K - £65K.