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As the Finance Manager you will manage the accounting team and be responsible for the primary ledgers to draft management accounts including reconciliation of the balance sheet, as well as cashflow, statutory accounts production and other external reporting. You will maintain robust internal controls and have rigorous compliance processes to ensure the organisation achieves its strategic aims and objectives.
Client Details
Our client is an outstanding charity with a brilliant history or helping people.
Description
Management Accounts
- Produce initial trial balance and draft management accounts for all entities ready for analysis by the Finance Business Partner.
- Prepare monthly balance sheets including monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts with supporting information.
- Monthly cash flow reporting.
Financial Accounts and audit
- Prepare the draft annual financial statements for all entities, prepared in accordance with SORP, the Companies Act, and other relevant legal and regulatory requirements.
- Prepare an audit file in line with the requirements of the external auditors providing sufficient documentation to support and justify the financial statements.
- Respond to audit queries and liaise with other staff to ensure audit requirements are met on a timely basis.
- Perform Internal audits on our services as required, providing report on findings for each.
- Produce and execute an annual year end programme in consultation with the auditors and the Director of Finance.
VAT
- Produce the quarterly VAT returns, supporting documentation and transactional adjustments in the system.
- Coordinate the VAT project to novate remaining contracts across. Negotiate and recalculate as necessary as new contracts come across.
- Keep up to date with changes in VAT policy and administration and implement as appropriate.
Budgeting
- Support with relevant areas within the annual budgeting cycle.
Other
- Staff Management - 7 direct reports
- Work closely with the Finance Business Partner to ensure the smooth running of the finance function and that an environment of continuous improvement is developed, with particular focus on systems and procedural enhancement
- Contribute to agreed strategic projects as and when required such as exciting finance transformation projects planned throughout 2024 and 2025.
Profile
- A professional accountancy qualification (ACA, ACCA, CIMA or Qualified by experience) with post- qualification experience.
- Experience of running the financial accounting function for an organisation that has several branches, subsidiaries or locations.
- Experience of coordinating the audit process through to statutory accounts production.
- Experience of managing VAT.
- Strong technical knowledge with ability to guide, challenge and advise others.
- Experience of maintaining and updating internal controls.
- Experience of reviewing, developing and continuously improving financial system processes.
Job Offer
A brilliant opportunity to join a dynamic charity and have a real say in future change and growth.
