Financial Controller / Finance Manager 12 Month FTC

Job Title: Financial Controller / Finance Manager 12 Month FTC

Ref: VLL/18021

Location: Chepstow

Salary: £28,000 - £35,000

Duration: 1 year contract

Hours: Full time or part time hours can be accommodated

Purpose of the role:

Working under the guidance of the Managing Director your responsibilities will include overseeing a finance team of 6, cash flow management and producing the monthly management reports for the external accountant.

Specific duties will include:

• Acquiring authorisation and processing timely payments to suppliers
• Solving queries and any discrepancies within sales and purchase ledgers including foreign currency accounts
• Cashflow forecasting/reporting
• Produce aged creditor and debtor analysis
• Credit control
• Check expense and mileage claims and process monthly
• Daily bank postings reconciliation
• Manage credit card expenditure and reconcile monthly
• Manage the petty cash and reconcile monthly
• Provide support for the payroll processing if necessary
• Assist with development of effective financial processes and controls
• Liaison with external accountant on a monthly basis to produce monthly management reports

Skills and experience required:

• Understanding of accounting processes and procedures, including double entry bookkeeping
• Qualified or Qualified by experience
• Available to start Jan/Feb 2017
• Experience of working within an all-round accounting role within an SME
• Excellent attention to detail
• Good analytical and reconciliation skills
• Friendly, cheerful with a calm and professional disposition
• Confident in using Word and Outlook and computerised accounting software
• Intermediate Excel skills to include pivot tables, basic formulas & V-Lookups
• Happy to work as part of a small team but also able to work effectively with minimal supervision
• Self-motivated and enthusiastic
• Excellent communication skills at all levels, written, verbally and face to face
• Ability to work under pressure and meet monthly deadlines
• Able to respond effectively to changing priorities
• Experience using Sage 200 Accounts advantageous

If your application is successful we will contact you to discuss the opportunity in more detail, within 72 hours of receiving your application.

Due to the overwhelming Application response we receive through various sources should you not hear from us within one week then please assume your application has been unsuccessful.

Please be advised that if unsuccessful for this role we may keep your details in our hold file for 6 months, during which time you may be contacted for other suitable vacancies.  

In the meantime, we would like to thank you for your interest in Cavendish Maine.