Our client is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Finance Manager to join their dynamic small finance team. This role offers an exciting opportunity for a qualified or part-qualified management accountant with experience in preparing full management accounts, budgeting, P&L, forecasting, cost and project accounting. The successful candidate will have the overall responsibility for credit control and the purchase ledger as well as the sales ledger, providing support to the Finance Director.
Opportunity to work in a dynamic finance team
Responsibility for credit control and purchase ledger
Supportive leadership
What you'll do:
As a Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing the financial health of the organisation. You will be responsible for supervising AP and AR activities, managing direct reports, providing guidance, training, and appraisals. Your role will also involve balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis, profit and loss account analysis, variance reporting, and administering customer rebates. You will be tasked with creating and posting journal entries to SAP, handling company taxation matters including PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS. Your role will also involve group intercompany reconciliations. You will be responsible for daily cash flow monitoring, forecasting, and planning. Coordinating month-end and year-end close within set deadlines will also fall under your purview.
Supervise Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) – day-to-day activities, set up and monitor KPI’s, review of ledgers.
Manage direct reports, provide guidance, training, and appraisals.
Balance Sheet – account reconciliations and analysis.
Profit and Loss – account analysis, variance reporting.
Administer customer rebates.
Journal entries – creation and posting to SAP.
Company Taxation – PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS.
Group intercompany reconciliations.
Cash flow – daily monitoring, forecasting, and planning.
Coordinate month and year-end close within set deadlines.
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Finance Manager position brings a wealth of experience in HMRC, VAT, PAYE payments along with proficiency in bank reconciliations and pre-payments & accruals. Your excellent IT skills coupled with exceptional Excel ability & knowledge will be crucial in this role. Experience or knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage. Your strong management accounts experience and leadership skills will enable you to excel in this role. Your sound commercial/business awareness, excellent communication, and presentation skills will be key in managing relationships within the organisation. High numeracy and sound technical skills are also essential for this role.
Experience of HMRC, VAT, PAYE payments
Bank reconciliations
Pre-payments and accruals
Excellent IT skills – with exceptional Excel ability and knowledge
SAP experience/knowledge would be an advantage
Strong management accounts experience
Sound commercial/business awareness
Excellent communication and presentation skills
High numeracy and sound technical skills
What sets this company apart:
My client is a globally renowned brand and has a presence in about 100 countries and offers its customers a portfolio that is perfectly tailored to consumer needs.
This Finance Manager role has a salary of £50,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience), plus bonus, 25 days holidays plus bank holiday, private healthcare, pension, and other company-specific benefits. This role is based in St Albans and has hybrid working of up to 2 days per week.
What's next:
Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now or send your CV to kay.edle@robertwalters.com
Apply today by clicking on the link!
About the job
Contract Type: Permanent
Specialism: Accountancy & Finance
Focus: Finance Manager
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Senior Management
Location: St. Albans
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum
Job Reference: 8TF5Q8-AFE1017F
Date posted: 27 November 2024
Consultant: Kay Edle
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Opportunity to work in a dynamic finance team
Responsibility for credit control and purchase ledger
Supportive leadership
What you'll do:
As a Finance Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing the financial health of the organisation. You will be responsible for supervising AP and AR activities, managing direct reports, providing guidance, training, and appraisals. Your role will also involve balance sheet account reconciliations and analysis, profit and loss account analysis, variance reporting, and administering customer rebates. You will be tasked with creating and posting journal entries to SAP, handling company taxation matters including PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS. Your role will also involve group intercompany reconciliations. You will be responsible for daily cash flow monitoring, forecasting, and planning. Coordinating month-end and year-end close within set deadlines will also fall under your purview.
Supervise Accounts Payable (AP) and Accounts Receivable (AR) – day-to-day activities, set up and monitor KPI’s, review of ledgers.
Manage direct reports, provide guidance, training, and appraisals.
Balance Sheet – account reconciliations and analysis.
Profit and Loss – account analysis, variance reporting.
Administer customer rebates.
Journal entries – creation and posting to SAP.
Company Taxation – PAYE, VAT (including Intrastat), PSA, and TAS.
Group intercompany reconciliations.
Cash flow – daily monitoring, forecasting, and planning.
Coordinate month and year-end close within set deadlines.
What you bring:
The ideal candidate for this Finance Manager position brings a wealth of experience in HMRC, VAT, PAYE payments along with proficiency in bank reconciliations and pre-payments & accruals. Your excellent IT skills coupled with exceptional Excel ability & knowledge will be crucial in this role. Experience or knowledge of SAP would be an added advantage. Your strong management accounts experience and leadership skills will enable you to excel in this role. Your sound commercial/business awareness, excellent communication, and presentation skills will be key in managing relationships within the organisation. High numeracy and sound technical skills are also essential for this role.
Experience of HMRC, VAT, PAYE payments
Bank reconciliations
Pre-payments and accruals
Excellent IT skills – with exceptional Excel ability and knowledge
SAP experience/knowledge would be an advantage
Strong management accounts experience
Sound commercial/business awareness
Excellent communication and presentation skills
High numeracy and sound technical skills
What sets this company apart:
My client is a globally renowned brand and has a presence in about 100 countries and offers its customers a portfolio that is perfectly tailored to consumer needs.
This Finance Manager role has a salary of £50,000 - £65,000 (depending on experience), plus bonus, 25 days holidays plus bank holiday, private healthcare, pension, and other company-specific benefits. This role is based in St Albans and has hybrid working of up to 2 days per week.
What's next:
Ready to take the next step in your career? Apply now or send your CV to kay.edle@robertwalters.com
Apply today by clicking on the link!
About the job
Contract Type: Permanent
Specialism: Accountancy & Finance
Focus: Finance Manager
Workplace Type: Hybrid
Experience Level: Senior Management
Location: St. Albans
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000 per annum
Job Reference: 8TF5Q8-AFE1017F
Date posted: 27 November 2024
Consultant: Kay Edle
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