£60000 - £70000 Per year
Financial Accountant
Permanent,Full-time
Job Description
- Manage finance operations including a Management Accountant, an Assistant Management Accountant, a Finance Administrator and a to-be recruited Credit Controller
- Management reporting - standard financial statements as well as specific performance metrics on revenue, costs, and staff efficiency
- Cash flow forecasting - including working with the Finance Director to align the cash flow forecasting tool with historical information from Xero. Assisting the Finance Director to develop P&L and balance sheet forecasts
- Calculation of bank covenant compliance and reporting to banks for review
- Reviewing the inputs and outputs for the outsourced payroll function
- Managing staff pension scheme
- Day to day financial management of property-owning entities including reporting to lenders on covenant compliance
- Review VAT returns and prepare quarterly corporation tax calculations
- Process management and change implementation of new systems and suggesting new ways of working
- Working with external consultants and bank management - annual financial audit, R&D reclaim, pensions advice, bank, etc.
- Enhancing financial controls with various disciplines to be implemented including reconciliations, journal entries, data checks with other systems and management in Xero, sign-off of on sales ledger statements, summaries, credit notes and refunds
- Approving staff expenses, checking credit cards and payments
- Ad-hoc director and finance team projects
- Suggesting and implementing sustainable practices for business partnering with practice staff including systems for managing information requests from practice staff
- Staff/Director life and income protection insurances, company private healthcare scheme and assisting in annual Professional Indemnity renewal
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Five or Four years post qualified as a chartered accountant (ICAEW, ACCA or similar)
- Demonstrable experience working for UK high growth, small and medium sized entities.
- Experience within time-charging professional services businesses especially within creative practices would be very welcome
- Thrives in a high-growth environment
- Track record of implementing changes in the financial infrastructure of businesses
- Experience of using Xero systems will be a bonus
Reference no: 106095