Finance Manager
- Recruiter
- Robert Half
- Location
- Chippenham
- Posted
- 13 May 2018
- Closes
- 27 May 2018
- Job role
- Accountant
- Sector
- Accounting - Public practice
- Experience level
- Manager
Finance Manager
Chippenham
£45,000 - £50,000
Job Summary:
- Preparation of monthly and annual financial data UK entities,
- Assist with the preparation of budget and forecast financial data
- Ensure local financial controls and processes are in place, operating effectively and in compliance with Group requirements
- Manage transactional finance team based in Chippenham
- Interaction with the other teams
Principal Accountabilities:
- Responsible for timely and accurate compilation of the actual data at month end for review by the Financial Controller.
- Supporting the Financial controller to deliver the Half Year and Year End audits
- Preparation of monthly balance sheet reconciliations for onward review by the Financial Controller
- Collaborate with the Cost Centre Owners to review actual expenditure each month and to use this data to assist with the monthly reforecasting process and annual budget cycle.
- Responsible for ensuring all local revenues are invoiced in a timely manner and in accordance with what is provided from the business in accordance with third party contracts
- Responsible for monitoring aged debt and credit control for local entities
- Ensure that local controls are effectively designed and documented and that all controls are operating effectively, thus maintaining an "audit-ready" state for all local entities
- Oversight and checking of local payment runs
- Responsible for timely submission of VAT returns, EC Sales Listing and Intrastat
- Responsible for ensuring timely completion of National Statistics Returns
- Oversee core processing team and support the Financial Controller in identifying and implementing process improvements and efficiencies
- Set the performance objectives of the team and provide feedback both informally and formally via the appraisal process
- Support team members in their development and manage any adverse performance against objectives
- As required, support with any integration projects or ad-hoc requests, projects or analysis
- Good systems knowledge and the ability to carry out system administration tasks as required
REQUIREMENTS
- Fully qualified accountant with at least 2 years post qualified experience in a commercial environment
- Strong people management skills
- Record of delivery against reporting timetables and deadlines
- Strong core accounting skills
- Proven track record of developing others
- Proactive approach to problem solving and strong willingness to implement change
- Flexible interpersonal skills needed to work with people at all levels of the organisation
- Experience of working in multiple currencies
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel.
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