Head of Finance
- Recruiter
- Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment
- Location
- England, Devon, Exmouth
- Salary
- £50000 - £55000 per annum
- Posted
- 23 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 02 Mar 2018
- Ref
- ML12966
- Contact
- Mark Lloyd
- Job Title
- Financial Controller
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Lloyd Barnes Accountancy Recruitment have been exclusively retained to recruit the Head of Finance for an award winning local organisation. My client is seeking to appoint an experienced & fully qualified accountant for their highly successful leisure based business in East Devon. Working as the Head of Finance you will you will be responsible for overseeing the day-to-day financial operations, including managing a small finance team. You will be a dynamic forward thinking accountant with "hands on experience " gained in a small to medium sized business. As an important member of the Senior Management Team, you will be responsible for the entire accounting system and report direct to the General Manager & Company Directors.
The successful applicant will have a strong sense of customer service coupled with robust systems skills, ideally to include experience of Sage.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Preparation of management accounts
- Budgets and forecasts
- Month end process
- VAT returns
- Other statutory returns
- Maintain Work in Progress schedules
- Bank account reconciliations
- Maintain and control sales, purchase and nominal ledgers
- Supervise the balancing of the sales ledger and credit control
- Payroll - preparation of monthly payroll and supervision of weekly payroll
- Accruals and prepayments
- Maintain the Fixed Asset Register
- Preparation of Annual Financial accounts and supporting schedules for external auditors
- Overseeing and managing the accounting team and their roles
- Ongoing improvement of internal financial controls and reporting
- Drive improvements in business IT and finance systems
- Work in conjunction with the Directors to develop strategies that will take the business forward