Finance / Office Manager

Axon Moore are seeking a Finance / Office Manager for a client based in Manchester city centre.

You will be responsible for supporting the Financial Controller in recording and maintaining the financial records of the company including maintaining ledgers, processing payments and cash handling. The Finance and Administration Officer will also provide general office administration to ensure the smooth day-to-day running of the business.

Duties:

• Banking Transactions
• Quarterly VAT return
• Purchase Ledger – matching, batching, coding and posting of purchase invoices
• Cash and payment allocation and monitoring aged creditors
• Sales Ledger - raising monthly sales invoices, credit control and reconciling income
• Posting bank and cash transactions and reconciling monthly;
• Payroll - preparation of wages schedule for external processing, including adjustments;
• Ensuring all PAYE/NIC/Tax are paid in a timely manner;
• Posting journals, including accruals and prepayments;
• Assisting the Financial Controller with preparation of the year-end files and schedules for audit;
• Preparing analysis reports for presentation at board meetings;
• Planning, organising and managing own workload to ensure contribution to the company’s monthly financial reporting process is achieved in a timely and accurate manner;
• Ensuring the swift payment of invoices and resolution of finance related queries;
• General administrative tasks including stationery, scanning, printing, post, meeting visitors, answering the telephone and filing;
• Health and safety administration and dealing with the landlord and contractors on facilities administration;
• Undertaking any other responsibilities that may be required by their Line Manager on an ad-hoc basis.
• Expenses

 Person Specification:

• Prior finance experience
• Sage experience
• Understanding accruals, prepayment and accrued income
• Good understanding of double entry
• Excellent excel and IT skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet targets and deadlines
• Ability to manage high volume and workload
• Excellent communication skills
• Good multi-tasking and organisational skills