Finance Manager

Job Title: Finance Manager/ Senior Management Accountant

Location: Aylesbury, Didcot, Wallingford, Reading, High Wycombe, Oxford, Bicester

Salary: upto £75,000 + Benefits + Bonus + Hybrid working - ONE DAY EACH WEEK IN THE OFFICE

Evolve Recruitment are seeking to recruit a proactive, self-motivated and experienced Senior Finance Manager with strong stable experience to join an established, dynamic company. The role will be varied and challenging; the successful candidate will be responsible for ownership (including people management) of the Management Accounting, Financial Reporting and controls of a selection of Group companies within a high-performance culture. A casual working environment and promotes both team and individual growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line manage members of the Management Accountant team. Guiding, leading and developing direct reports with an emphasis on mentoring and strengthening the team.
• Take the lead on various projects, including process and system improvements.
• Update Excel-based reconciliation / support packs for all Balance Sheet accounts.
• Support and challenge the business heads with the Groups Quarterly Strategic Review process (forecasting)
• Act as a Business Partner within all aspects of the role.
• Capture data and analysis to provide support to business decision making.
• Prepare quarterly VAT returns and Corporation tax packs.
• Contribute to the success of the overall corporate strategy.
• Support / assist with acquisition related activity including integration of people, systems and processes and acquisition accounting entries.
• Produce timely and reliable monthly management accounts to tight deadlines for a selection of companies.
• Identify and investigate variances against benchmarks, provide analysis of differences, and explore potential problems with non-financial department heads.
• Prepare periodic financial statements and supporting schedules, tax computations and cash flow forecasts.
• Interpret and communicate financial data to non-financial managers, advise on the business impact and make appropriate recommendations.
• Involvement in on-going process development and transformation projects to improve business efficiency and profitability.
• Developing a continuous improvement framework to ensure efficiencies are rolled out and adopted by all team members and the wider organization where appropriate.

Skills & Experience:

• CIMA/ACCA/ACA qualification.
• People Management Experience is a must.

Qualities

• People management, leadership, and mentoring skills.

You are required to be eligible to work in the UK full time without restriction. If you feel you have the relevant skills and experience required for this role, then please apply to Evolve Recruitment, Kingston upon Thames for more information.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive it is not always possible to respond to unsuccessful applicants. Therefore, if we have not responded to your application within five days please assume that on this occasion your application has not been successful.