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Finance Manager

Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited
Posted 9 days ago, valid for 20 days
Location

Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire ST9 0ET, England

Salary

£38,000 - £45,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • This role involves leading a small team of 4 while providing commercial financial reporting and managing daily accounting operations.
  • Candidates should have experience managing and leading a team, producing management accounts, and providing commercial updates and advice.
  • The position offers a salary of approximately £40,000 depending on experience and requires a flexible and self-starting approach.
  • Key responsibilities include overseeing payroll, credit control, budgeting, cash flow management, and liaising with external auditors.
  • The job is office-based with a 30-hour workweek and includes benefits such as 25 days of holiday plus bank holidays.

Your new roleAn exciting position leading a small team through growth and providing effective commercial financial reporting, duties will include but not be limited to:

  • Managing a small team of 4 direct reports in finance/ sales admin
  • Daily operations of all accounting processes
  • Produce draft monthly management reports with supporting analysis
  • Payroll liaison with payroll agency
  • Expense Claims
  • Credit Control oversight
  • Be the first port of call for any finance queries from the business
  • Work will include prepayments, accruals, income and expense reviews and analysis of variances against budget
  • Co-ordinate month and year-end processes, including being the key point of contact with external auditors
  • Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting process
  • Cashflow management, monitoring and payments control
  • Monitoring of costs, margins and variances
  • Completion of the VAT returns
  • Oversee a perpetual stocktake process
  • Capital assets reconciliations (fixed assets register)
  • Providing financial and commercial advice to sales director and directors
  • Process improvement

What you'll need to succeed

  • Experience of managing and leading a small team
  • Managing supplier relationships
  • Experience of producing management accounts
  • Experience of providing commercial updates and advice
  • Experience of managing day-to-day processes and ensuring relevant controls are in place
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to build excellent relationships
  • High attention to detail and accuracy
  • A supportive attitude to staff development
  • A flexible and adaptable approach
  • Be a self-starter

What you'll get in return

  • c.£40,000 DOE
  • 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  • 30 hours per week (e.g. 9.30-3.30 Monday to Friday)
  • Office-based working with staff parking
  • Peoples pension scheme

What you need to do nowIf you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.