Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Hays Accountancy and Finance
- Location
- Homeworking
- Salary
- £35000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
- Posted
- 08 Nov 2022
- Closes
- 06 Dec 2022
- Ref
- 4307872
- Contact
- Luke Grant-Maw
- Job Title
- Finance Manager
- Category
- Manufacturing / Engineering
- Experience Levels
- Qualified Accountant
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Finance Manager - Haddenham - £40,000 - £55,000 - AP, AR & Payroll
Your new company
I am excited to be supporting a growing SME business in search for a Finance Manager. Supporting the food industry, the business specialises in providing high tech equipment that increases the productivity of its clients. Based in their Head Office in Haddenham, you will be joining a team that supports the sales and operations teams in their ambition to provide the best service to their clients.
Your new role
As a Finance Manager, you will be in a hands-on finance role that will see you lead the AP and AR team to maintain the companies cash flow and improving their processes. Payroll will be a key area of this role as you will be responsible for the payroll processing for the business.
Following a re-structure this newly created Finance Manager role will now take over responsibility for the month end process which will see you look after all aspects including balance sheet reconciliation's, posting of journals including accruals and prepayments and payroll and creating the P&L to show the companies performance.
- Manage cash functions, including AR, AP and banking; developing appropriate performance measures, financial controls, reports and forecasts.
- Line-manage the AR and AP team members; support and supervise their daily activities, provide regular feedback and performance reviews; put development plans in place.
- Prepare the flash & journal machine deposits for revenue recognition.
- Work with the Group Financial Accountant & Head of Finance at month end to process the correct machine revenue.
- Business partner with sales managers to discuss their monthly figures.
- Ad hoc activities as required by the business.
- Periodic Intrastat Submissions
- Preparation of monthly management accounts.
- Accounting and reporting for the sales and margins of the company's main income stream: capex equipment machine sales
- Managing the billing and financial recording of complex client projects, maintaining the inbound and outbound invoicing schedule, ensuring accurate issuing of invoices to customers, and payments to suppliers.
- Line management and development of the Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable teams.
- Management of the company cash functions, including Treasury, banking, and credit cards, for the UK and Irish businesses.
- Bank reconciliations and cashflow forecasting.
- Management of the payroll and pension function; partnering with Human Resources, the external third-party payroll bureau, HMRC, and pension providers.
What you'll need to succeed
- Qualified, or part qualified, or an exceptional QBE, accountant
- Experience within a similar role, particularly payroll management
- Strong IT skills, especially Excel and Microsoft Dynamics 365
- Commercially aware, with a strong customer focus
- Organised with high levels of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to work to external and internal deadlines
- Articulate and confident communicator, with strong interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with legislative and regulatory issues
- Positive outlook and willingness to 'roll up sleeves' to ensure achievement of the Finance team and company's objectives
What you need to do now
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