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Finance Manager – 6 month contact
Job Summary
The Finance Manager will play a key role in supporting the financial health of the company. Managing and delivering the financial function such as bookkeeping, budgeting, forecasting, and financial analysis.
Role responsibilities
- Prepare monthly management accounts and detailed analysis, with particular focus on margin, to understand results and trends.
- Review the balance sheet reconciliations and liaise with our external audit partners.
- Manage sales ledger reconciliations across the business – Ecommerce, Retail and Trade.
- Produce business reporting to feed into the quarterly reviews.
- Manage the accounts receivable and accounts payable processes and functions.
- Lead on financial analysis to support the business in decision making for example preparing monthly sales reports.
- Support and monitor performance against budget and forecast variances with the CEO.
- Manage the finance team providing coaching, mentoring and addressing any development needs as required.
- Manage monthly credit card reconciliations and company expenses.
- Ensuring all statutory and regulatory requirements are met including VAT returns.
- Support cash flow forecasting as required in particular providing information in relation to payments and receipts.
- Serve as financial liaison to all showrooms, suppliers and customers
- Work with the CEO and management team to optimise resource allocation and cost management. Meeting regularly with stakeholders to discuss. Â
- Ensure the finance team raise and send invoices through the accounting software.
- Ensure credit control is maintained within guidelines.
- Manage deferment account reconciliation.
- Maintain strong relationships with appointed Auditors.
- Sign off on monthly payroll, pension and HMRC submissions.
- Ensure internal controls are in place to safeguard company assets.
- Support the drive for continuous improvement, working to ensure processes are efficient and controls are effective and are appropriately implemented and complied with.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent analytical degree required.
- CIMA/ACA/AAT – qualified.
- High level accounting experience within a retail/ecommerce background essential.
- International experience of import and export.
- Advanced Excel Skills, and high level of systems proficiency required.
- Strong knowledge and proven experience of financial and general accounting principles, practices, and procedures.
- Experience of working in a high-growth SME environment.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Management experience of leading a highly motivated performing team from a retail industry.
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
