Summary

We are currently looking for a Finance Manager to Manage a finance team providing clear direction and support; to include defining responsibilities, setting deadlines and performance metrics, implementing stringent review processes.

Responsibilities

• Producing timely, informative & accurate monthly management accounts with full analysis and commentary, including:
  • Liaising with the operational businesses to ensure the receipt of timely and accurate data
  • Working to standardise and improve reporting/accounting across the business
  • Taking the lead in setting entity level budgets - reviewing performance against budget- and also assessing the feasibility of business models and pricing
  • Liaising with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the output is meaningful
  • Responsible for the sign off of month-end close
• Responsible for controlling intercompany transactions and their reconciliation
• Responsible for cash flow management, forecast and reporting
• Ensuring processes as required are followed and controlled
• Preparation of schedules and review of annual statutory accounts according to the relevant GAAP (liaising with accountants who currently prepare accounts)
• Taking the lead on designing and implementing corporate and accounting governance, taxation and regulatory requirements
• Taking the lead on audit preparation ensuring timely completion without adjustment
• Ad hoc projects as required by senior management
• Ensuring that all compliance regulations are met including all tax/indirect tax

Education and Qualifications

• Degree education, ideally in finance related subject.
• Post degree Chartered Accountant Qualification or similar with significant post qualified sector experience

Requirements

• Financial reporting, planning and budgeting
• Reporting Results with clear commentary
• Solid understanding of financial set-up, procedures and adherence
• Strong numeric skills
• Excellent quantitative and qualitative analytical skills
• Results focused
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player
• Self-motivated, disciplined, organised and flexible.
• Resilient and decisive
• Ability to work in pressurised and complex organisation