Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Marks Sattin
- Location
- England, London, West End
- Salary
- £200 - £250 per day
- Posted
- 20 Jul 2017
- Closes
- 27 Jul 2017
- Ref
- FOD2684358
- Contact
- Fodini Charalambous
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Retail / Wholesale
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
I am currently working with one of the fastest growing, high street retailers in the UK who are looking for an immediately available Finance Manager to join their team in Central London and take over the management of the transactional team of 4. They have been experiencing exponential growth over the past two years after being brought out by a larger business making this a brilliant opportunity to join a fast paced environment. They are now looking to recruit a talented, bright & ambitious Finance Manager to provide their stores and Head Office functions with high quality financial reporting and a comprehensive control of costs.
What you'll be doing
- Responsible for all aspects of day to day cash management, ensuring your team of 4 reconcile all cash, channel and e-commerce accounts weekly.
- Review and challenge of robust and accurate balance sheet reconciliations to an auditable standard in line with agreed timelines and ensuring all risks & opportunities are regularly documented and communicated.
- Develop reporting on all aspects of cash related entries in the accounts, including cash balances held by currency, cash shrinkage, card fees and bank charges.
- Ensure financial controls, processes and risks are documented for all cash related areas and are regularly updated to meet the demands of a rapidly growing business.
- Ensure all bank mandates and guarantees are documented, up to date and maintained.
- Provide audit support, acting as the key contact for cash and banking queries.
- Work with teams across the business, including IT, customer service and retail operations to continue to improve and simplify processes.
- Ensure that the team are motivated, effectively managed and that their training and development needs are met.
- Manage and support the team during month end and year end process to ensure all deadlines are met.
- Ensure we maintain accurate records of hedging products and prepare hedging documentation which is compliant with accounting standards.
We'd love to meet someone with
- Previous experience in a cash, treasury or high-volume transactional team
- Retail background is highly desirable
- Proven management experience
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, adapt to change and deal with high volumes of information
- Experience in improving and implementing processes and controls
- Ability to prioritise workload and deliver accurate information to deadline
- Advanced excel skills