Finance Manager

Finance Manager

Manchester

£50000 - £60000 per annum

A privately owned business and market leader in their chosen field is looking to recruit a Finance Manager for their Manchester office to support the CFO, Head of Finance and manage a small team.

The Finance Manager role is pivotal in the submission of statutory accounts and will be involved in a number of key projects across the wider operational business. The role is a requirement for a minimum of 12 months.

The role of Finance Manager in Manchester is pivotal across the main Group and wider business and as such the key responsibilities will include:

• Providing support to the Group FC and FD
• Managing/providing support to team of 4 qualified accountants and a number of trainees
• Supporting and reviewing direct reports in the completion of their duties including monthly management accounts, board reports, quarterly group reporting, quarterly divisional consolidations, year-end audit and the production of statutory accounts
• Weekly, monthly and quarterly cash flow forecasts
• Quarterly balance sheet and P+L forecasting and the annual budgeting process
• Business partnering role to the operational teams; assisting with ad-hoc queries, cash flow forecasting, annual budgets and quarterly re-forecasting, as well as providing financial support to aid commercial decision-making
• Dealing with any technical queries that may come up across the relevant divisions by researching and coming up with the correct accounting treatment
• Attendance at internal meetings including divisional Board Meetings, meetings with JV partner and IT project meetings
• Assist in management of numerous bank facilities with different lenders
• Key role in annual audit, organising information flow and dealing with more difficult queries. Working with the team to ensure that c80 companies are audited and statutory accounts are produced.
• Quarterly balance sheet forecast for the Group
• Involvement in implementation of new reporting system, SAP
• Management/HR responsibilities to wider team, including annual appraisals, exam support, mentoring and coaching
• Other ad-hoc project work including assisting on refinancing of bank facilities and investment appraisal to aid decision-making

You will be a qualified accountant (ACA, CIMA, ACCA or equivalent) with extensive experience in the production of statutory accounts within a wide ranging and complex environment.