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Finance Manager

Xenial Consulting
Posted 9 hours ago, valid for 22 days
Location

Colchester, Essex CO6 3JQ, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • Our client, a business based in Colchester, is seeking a permanent candidate to oversee their transactional and monthly accounts while reporting directly to the CFO.
  • The role requires the candidate to manage financial operations, ensure compliance with legal requirements, and produce accurate management information.
  • Applicants should be ACA/ACCA/CIMA qualified with strong Excel skills and ideally have experience with Sage, along with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience, reflecting the responsibilities of the role.
  • The ideal candidate will possess excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to influence non-financial staff while managing multiple tasks.
Our client is a business based in Colchester. They are looking for someone to come in on a permanent basis and oversee the transactional and monthly accounts for the business reporting directly to the CFORole Purpose

Managing the company’s financial operations and controls, ensuring compliance with legal and audit requirements (including HMRC). Producing accurate and insightful management information to support decision-making.

Job Description
  • Preparing accurate and detailed monthly management accounts, including full commentary and variance analysis, alongside balance sheet reconciliations.
  • Managing short-term cash flow forecasting, funding, and the day-to-day operation of bank and CID facilities.
  • Leading operational aspects of the budgeting process, including consolidating sales and cost bases, coordinating budget timelines, and preparing budgeted P&L, balance sheets, and cash flows.
  • Acting as the primary contact for external auditors and corporate tax advisors, managing year-end analysis, working papers, statutory disclosures, and related reporting.
  • Allocating project codes and conducting cost management analysis.
  • Uploading purchase invoices into the system, posting credit card and bank transactions, and processing supplier payments.
  • Raising sales invoices, managing credit control, and preparing debt reports.
  • Completing a full monthly suite of balance sheet reconciliations to audit standards.
  • Preparing and submitting VAT returns.
  • Maintaining a robust financial control environment and ensuring adherence to financial processes across the business.
Skills & Experience
  • ACA/ACCA/ CIMA qualified
  • Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, charts, IF functions, and lookups.
  • Experience with Sage is beneficial.
  • Highly organised with excellent attention to detail.
  • Flexible and able to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
  • Strong ability to influence non-financial staff and build effective working relationships, particularly with commercial and production teams.
  • Supportive and approachable management style, with a focus on staff development and improving efficiency and accuracy in financial processes.
  • Confident in constructively challenging others and offering solutions to day-to-day issues.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.