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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.
- 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.
