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Job Title: Finance ManagerSalary: £40,000-£50,000 Pro Rata, depending on experience, plus a generous pension contribution Location: Northampton, Northamptonshire
Job Summary:Responsible for the financial reporting for the Operating and Holding companies. Key responsibilities include:
- Coordinating and ensuring the completion of annual statutory accounts for both group companies.
- Preparing monthly management and end-of-year accounts for two group companies, including variance analysis reports and forecasts.
- Preparing monthly project cost analysis.
- Maintaining financial records for equipment, including inputting AP invoices and payments, running payroll for one director, and cash forecasting.
- Monitoring and analysing accounting data, presenting financial reports to the CEO and management team, including regularly updated financial forecasts and annual budgets.
- Establishing, implementing, and enforcing proper accounting standards, policies, procedures, and principles.
- Providing recommendations and continually reviewing and recommending improvements to systems and procedures, initiating corrective actions as needed.
- Meeting financial accounting objectives.
- Establishing and maintaining fiscal files and records to document transactions.
Person Specification
Job Title: Finance Manager
Qualifications:
- Part Qualified, QBE, studying towards CIMA / ACCA / ACA
Essential Skills:
- Proven experience as an accountant, accounting manager, accounting supervisor, or finance manager
- Experience using SAP for accounting
- Proficiency in MS Office, particularly Word and Excel
- Ability to manipulate large amounts of data
Desirable Skills:
- Experience preparing consolidated management accounts
- Experience delivering financial presentations (PowerPoint)
- Knowledge of foreign currency transactions
Work Experience:
- Proven knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws, and regulations
- Experience using SAP Business One in a financial environment
Competencies:
- High level of organisational skills
- Attention to detail and accuracy
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Ability to work to tight deadlines
- Presentation skills
- Confidence in establishing order and procedures within the finance discipline
