Finance Manager

39.5 hours per week Monday to Friday

Office based.

Wellingborough, Northamptonshire

We are a growing family run business based in Wellingborough, providing commercial catering equipment facilities support to well-known National brands. As a company led by family values, we foster a friendly, collaborative environment where every team member’s input matters.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic Finance Manager to support and drive our finance team and provide finance support to our business owners. With a focus on high standards and teamwork, you’ll manage key finance tasks as well as helping to deliver on them to include general accounts, ledgers, and profit and loss reporting. You may already be in a similar role and are looking for a change or are in a general account’s role looking to take the next steps in your career.

As a confident communicator you will be able to build natural rapport with colleagues, clients, supplier, and engineers. You will be detail-oriented, have excellent problem-solving skills and a collaborative approach along with a positive and proactive working style.

Key Responsibilities:

Sales Ledger

Track sales and expenditure for key projects.
Management and delivery of credit control.
Monitor and support on sales ledger activity.

Purchase Ledger

Manage and support supplier bacs payments and purchase ledger.
Monitor and manage supplier costs.
Process monthly expenses.
Manage and track buildings suppliers and associated costs.

Month/Year End

Produce and analyse month end job profitability reporting.
Accruals and prepayments.
Year-end accounts preparation.

Team

Provide support and guidance for finance team members.
Review and improvement of processes and procedures.
Manage weekly and monthly finance meetings and actions.
Work across a variety of teams to deliver business goals.
Ensure personal and team delivery of all tasks to agreed deadlines and standards.

General

Be proactive in ensuring business profitability is protected in all work/processes.
Proactive communication with business owners.
A variety of IT related tasks such as managing IT requirements through our preferred IT partners, tracking of expenditure and assets.
Other tasks as required by the needs of the business.

Skills and Qualifications

Experienced in all aspects of a general finance role.

Experienced in month end and year end processes.

An ability to learn quickly and retain information.

Good attention to detail.

Can demonstrate previous problem-solving capabilities.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong time-management skills and multitasking ability.

Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

Proficient in Office 365, with aptitude to learn new software and systems

A willingness to work as part of a small team.

A flexible approach to the role and a willingness to take on new tasks as the business grows.

Ideally you will have previous team leading experience and experience with Sage Accounts.

AAT preferred.

What you can expect from us…..

Support, honesty and regular feedback

An interest in your personal and professional development

A varied and interesting role

Modern and spacious working environment with parking

An open and welcoming business culture

Competitive salary

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