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Assistant Finance Manager
Coventry CV4
£30 -38k DOE
We are currently recruiting for a longstanding client with an exciting opportunity to recruit a new Finance role into their structure. You will enjoy a really broad role with split responsibility across 2 separate business entities; working closely with the Finance Manager on a broad range of core financial management activities and operating as a key Business Partner to the CEO of an entrepreneurial SME business; taking the lead role in all finance matters and nuturing a positive working relationship.
This is a great first Finance Business Partner role for someone looking to build upon their experience in Commercial/Transactional Finance or Accountancy and work in true partnership with business operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop and nuture positive working relationships with key stakeholders, up to C-suite level
- Oversee cash management, reconcile accounts, update spreadsheets and make weekly postings
- Support the month end process
- Preparation and posting of monthly recharges and stock balances
- Support the annual statutory audit process
- Raise sales invoices
- Undertake credit control activity
- Monitor and oversee queries within the Finance email inbox
- Deal with invoice queries
- General support to the Finance Manager to include contributing ideas to the finance strategy and adhoc projects
- Drive positive working relationships at all levels with colleagues and key stakeholders across the business
Key Skills & Experience
- Experienced in a similar Finance role
- Skills in relationship management, able to respond efficiently to changing demands with the ability to challenge others’ thinking where necessary
- Ideally experience of working across different business subsidaries
- Flexible approach, willing to take on tasks relating to accountancy alongside transactional finance duties
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Strong systems knowledge; Microsoft Office, Excel and experience using a finance system
