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Finance Manager

Meridian Business Support
Posted 3 days ago, valid for 7 days
Location

Ilminster, Somerset TA199BD, England

Salary

£55,000 - £66,000 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • My client in Ilminster is seeking an experienced Finance Manager for an 18-month initial contract.
  • The role requires a CIMA/ACCA qualified accountant with significant experience in financial management processes, ideally with a background in manufacturing and foreign currency transactions.
  • The Finance Manager will lead a team, optimize the ERP system, prepare monthly management accounts, and manage company cash flow.
  • Strong IT skills and experience with Information Systems Management are essential, along with effective communication and problem-solving abilities.
  • The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience, with a minimum of 5 years in a similar role required.
My client, based in Ilminster, are currenty recruiting for an experienced Finance Manager for a long 18 month initial contract.Job Description:
  • Provide line management and leadership of the Finance team.
  • Motivate and lead finance team members by clarifying roles and providing helpful feedback
  • Maintain, control and optimise the ERP system for all financial and business processes.
  • Create systems to prevent errors in data collection and calculations.
  • Prepare timely monthly management accounts for DIBE and submit results to Head of Finance for review.
  • Review DME monthly management accounts in accordance with accounting policies.
  • Manage company cash flow through monitoring transactions and by reviewing analysis to improve cash management in the company.
  • Process the reporting of DME monthly accounts to the DMJ system to forward reporting onto Japan.
  • Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed and reported. This includes sales, purchases, payroll and all nominal ledgers.
  • Manage Credit Control ensuring there are customer credit checks, setting credit limits, monitoring of aged debts and collection of outstanding amounts.
  • Manage Finance team routine activities including payroll generation, staff expenses, P11Ds, PAYE settlement agreements and reconciliations. Ensuring adhere to HMRC regulations.
  • Maintain control accounts including Sales Ledger, Purchase Ledger, PAYE and VAT.
  • Reconcile GRNI monthly
  • Providing technical support and advice to all on-site companies regarding VAT and PAYE.
  • Develop and improve financial systems and management information.
  • Main contact for annual audit transactions for DIBE and DME.
  • Prepare annual statutory accounts documentation for Audit purposes.
  • Maintain internal controls across the business and maintain a culture of process improvement.
  • Assist the Head of Finance to coordinate, and enforce systems, policies, and procedures.
  • Maintain a safe and secure work environment.
  • Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional societies.
  • Contributes to team efforts by accomplishing related results as needed.
  • Assist Head of Finance on projects including Costing, integration with new ERP system, Improving processes.
As a term of your employment, you may be required to undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required of you in the post and department mentioned above or in a comparable post in any of the Company’s other departments.Person Specification:Qualifications/Education standards and level of skillsCIMA/ACCA qualified /QBEKnowledge and Skills EssentialAn Accountant with significant experience in fulfilling the complete range of financial management processes
  • An understanding of the complexities of finance management within an international Group is preferred, ideally with some experience within the manufacturing sector and foreign currency transactions.
  • A strong IT skill set is essential including previous experience of Information Systems Management, in which you will have gained knowledge of ERP system implementation and optimisation
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Critical thinking, sound problem solving skills, analytical skills and use of initiative
  • Experience in effectively managing a small team
  • Strong personal organisation skills are required with experience in meeting regular accounting deadlines
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an employment agency for this vacancy

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