Job Description

You will oversee the outsourced financial processing function including reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, to ensure trial balance is correct on an ongoing basis. Assist the Finance Director in producing high quality, accurate financial reporting, to a variety of stakeholders, in a timely manner.
This includes preparing reports, assisting with budgets, financial administration processes, including banking of cheques, assisting with payments and payroll, liaising with colleagues from across the business and external stakeholders, and supervision of the outsourced financial processing function.
Assist staff across the organization with budget management, including initial queries regarding spend and remaining budget. Work with the Finance Director to ensure budgetary awareness across the organization.

• Assist the Finance Director in preparation and analysis of management accounts, annual budget and departmental forecasts
• Work with the Finance Director and external auditors to provide requested information during annual finance audit
• Work with outsourced financial processing function to prepare bank payments (international and domestic)
• Complete reconciliations for balance sheet accounts and prepare associated working papers/schedules
• Work with staff across the organization to ensure departmental expenditure is being recorded accurately and corresponds to finance system
• Collate required changes to monthly payroll to assist in instructing outsourced payroll function.
• Posting cheques to the bank and reporting to finance for processing

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Part qualified/studier of CIMA, ACCA. (Happy to consider applicants from accountancy practice)
• Strong understanding of double entry and its importance in accounting, with ability to prepare journals for month end, year-end and any other required adjustments
• Knowledge of management accounting, budgets, forecasts and year end processes
• Ability to use Microsoft Excel to a good level